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The National Paying Agency (NPA), together with partners from 4 EU Member States, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Italy, is implementing the Agri Renaissance project, which aims to promote scientific and technological innovations in the agri-food sector. The project is funded by the European Union (EU) Interreg Europe programme.

On 20 January 2021 the kick-off meeting of the EO-Widget (ESA Incubed EO widget) project took place as an online event. This is a project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and it is about changing the online EO service concept. The objective of the project is to implement a completely new concept in the Earth Observation domain – Widgets providing EO-based monitoring solutions not only along proven ICT standards and data security, but also easy to onboard mini-applications with fast access to information. NPA, Lithuania, is among the project stakeholders planning to take part in the project pilots.

The EO4AGRI consortium announces the finalisation of the EO4AGRI project after two years of work with the objective of boosting the digitalization of the agricultural sector through the use of Earth Observation information on the monitoring processes. Coordinated by Atos Spain and comprising 11 partners from across Europe, the project covers a diverse range of organisations (large companies, SMEs, research centres and paying agencies). Among the partners of the international consortium – the National Paying Agency (NPA) in Lithuania. EO4AGRI is implemented in accordance with the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.

The kick-off meeting of the Horizon 2020 ENVISION project took place on the 14 and 15 September 2020. Due to the ongoing worldwide Covid-19 pandemic the launch of the project was organised by the Project Coordinator DRAXIS, Greece, as an online event. The aim of the meeting was to present the project overview both on the technical and administrative level and to plan the work for the first months of the project.

Yesterday – in the farmer's garden, today – already on the family table. For many buyers who value freshness and quality, it is already common to buy vegetables, fruits and berries, cheese, sausages and other farm-grown or farm-produced products directly from farmers. 

The project "Innovation-driven agri-food sectors for a European industrial renaissance" (AgriRenaissance) is financed by the INTERREG Europe programme and is implemented by the consortium comprising five EU member states: Spain (lead partner), Lithuania (National Paying Agency – NPA), Poland, Portugal and Italy. In the framework of the above project, in March 2020, a study visit of the project partners and stakeholders took place in Portugal. The aim of the meeting was to familiarise first-hand with the agri-food sector development in Portugal, to share experience in the area of related innovations among the project partners and stakeholders. Currently the NPA, among other AgriRenaissance-related issues, focuses on planning the implementation of the Lithuanian Action Plan, targeted at the activities that will promote innovations in agri-food sector in Lithuania.

After an unprecedented crisis that Europe incurred due to coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission (EC) announced about a package of nęw measures to help agri-food sector. The Coronavirus Investment Initiative Plus (CRII +) proposed by the EC will facilitate the use of European Structural Investment Funds, including the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The initiative, which increases the flexibility of using EAFRD funds, will support farmers, rural areas and the European Union member states.