farmB Digital Agriculture S.A. company was founded with a vision to close the gap between technological research and everyday practices in the agricultural sector. farmB provides a holistic solution that harnesses digital technology to revolutionize agricultural practices, focusing on precision, regenerative, and carbon negative farming.
Eight interoperable IoT – based and AI – enabled modules for the holistic assessment of information collected from proximal and remote sensing, UAVs, agri-machinery, agri-robotics, and more, generate and support operational decisions for precision agriculture while at the same time serve as a targeted MRV system for carbon reduction and removal practices.
farmB offers technological solutions for all types of agri-businesses (farmers, agri-consultants, processors, cooperatives, agri-chain and agri-industry), providing data analytics and decision making under a holistic assessment of the available information promoting also sustainability and circularity into the agricultural practice. Αs a spin-off company of the Institute for Bio-economy and Agri-technology (IBO) of the Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CERTH), one of leading research organizations in Europe, farmB inherits a deep-science business model to engineer and capitalize innovative solutions.
Dionysis Bochtis specializes in systems engineering for bio-production, with a research focus that spans from ICT-enhanced agricultural systems to fully robotic and AI-based solutions. He currently serves as the Director of the Institute for Bio-economy and Agri-technology (iBO) at the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), where he is also a member of the CERTH Board of Directors. Additionally, he holds affiliated professorships at the University of Lincoln, Dept. of Computer Science (UK) and Aarhus University, Dept. of Elect. Engineering (Denmark).
Prof. Bochtis has an extensive body of work, comprising over 350 publications, including 150 research journal articles and 15 books. He has led numerous high-impact research and innovation projects (in more that 20 as coordinator) focused on the digitalization and robotization of primary production. Furthermore, he has held leadership roles in prominent international biosystems engineering organizations, such as CIGR, CIOSTA, and EFITA. He is also the founder of farmB Digital Agriculture S.A. (GR) and farmB Labs Ltd (UK).