@INPROCEEDINGS{Brewster_echallenges12, author = {Christopher Brewster and Sjaak Wolfert and Harald Sundmaeker}, title = {Identifying the ICT challenges of the Agri-Food sector to define the Architectural Requirements for a Future Internet Core Platform}, booktitle = {Proceeding of the eChallenges Conference (17-19 October 2012), Lisbon, Portugal}, year = {2012}, editor = {Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham}, publisher = {IIMC International Information Management Corporation}, abstract = {This paper discusses the specific challenges of the agri-food sector in the light of research carried out in the SmartAgriFood project. Using questionnaires and focus groups, our research identifies a number of business needs and drivers which enable the identification of suitable Future Internet technologies across the three sub- domains of Smart Farming, Smart Agri-logistics, and Smart Food Awareness. The universal need for information access and the importance of standards to enable this lead us to propose an integrated scenario for end to end information access from farm to fork. We conclude by discussing wider implications of such developments especially for climate change and urbanisation.}, isbn = {978-1-905824-35-9}, owner = {kiffer}, timestamp = {2012.07.13} }