Platform for on-farm cultivar testing in EU accessible on web and mobile app stores

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SeedLinked (https://seedlinked.com/) is a platform for decentralized cultivar evaluation designs and inclusion of real-time multi-actor feedback (from farmer to consumer) and allows for high and heterogeneous data inputs by smartphone. It is an all-encompassing platform from trial creation, participant registration, logistics, data collection, grower communication and real-time sharing of results. It also offers content-sharing capabilities, making generated insights accessible to everyone free of charge to support informed decision-making and amplify the overall project's impact.
LiveSeeding project Task 2.4 - European Interactive Platform for Cultivar Testing (T2.4) is adapting the existing crowdsourcing platform (SeedLinked) into a European interactive and ollaborative platform for cultivar testing. This tool amplifies the impact and outreach of Task 2.3 - Advancing on-farm cultivar evaluation (T2.3) by creating a digital platform that serves as a European infrastructure for organic on-farm cultivar evaluation. By integrating information and communication technology (ICT), Seedlinked provides a low-cost, highly inclusive and representative method. This method allows for the management of diverse sources of information and the connection of various on-farm cultivar evaluation networks across Europe. The platform is now accessible to researchers, organic breeders, and seed savers associations and can be utilized for trials involving farmers, gardeners and consumers.
Under Task T2.4 the app is been localised for use in the European Union, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. After a year of dedicated effort and the invaluable support of Liveseeding partners, SeedLinked is now officially available in 16 European countries and offered in 8 languages, all while maintaining full compliance with the European data protection legislation currently in force (EU GDPR).
17 trial managers have successfully tested the platform. Furthermore, we have implemented significant new features and improvements to enhance its functionality.
To build capacities of LiveSeeding partners to use the platform, five webinars have been conducted and numerous tutorial videos created and made available on the project collaborative workspace (SharePoint).