Open · Trustworthy · Explainable AI

Building AI for
climate-resilient
agriculture.


AgriScienceFM is a European research initiative developing advanced AI systems that understand the interactions between plant phenotypes, environment, and agricultural management. By combining satellite imagery, climate data, agronomy knowledge, and plant phenotyping, the project aims to accelerate scientific discovery and support climate-resilient food systems.

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Foundation models

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Scientific use cases

FAIR

Open datasets

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Horizon Europe

Key Highlights

What sets AgriScienceFM apart

Combining satellite imagery, climate data, agronomy knowledge and plant phenotyping into reusable, open AI foundations.

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Open agricultural foundation models

Reusable AI foundations, openly accessible to the research community.

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AI for climate-resilient agriculture

Accelerating innovation for sustainable, climate-adapted food systems.

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Multimodal learning

Across genetics, environment, and management, in one framework.

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FAIR and reusable datasets

Findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable by design.

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Benchmarking suite

Standardized evaluation for agricultural AI performance.

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Explainable & trustworthy AI

Transparent, reliable systems built on responsible AI practices.

What is AgriScienceFM?

One of the most complex sciences in the world.

Crop growth and food production depend on the interaction between genetics, environment, and management. AgriScienceFM develops a new generation of foundation models capable of learning from large-scale multimodal data, creating reusable AI foundations that adapt to many agricultural challenges with less training data and greater reliability.

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Genetics

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Environment

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Management

Learning from large-scale multimodal data

Data sources

  • Earth Observation & satellite imagery
  • Weather & climate data
  • Soil information
  • Agronomy documents & advisory materials
  • Plant imaging & phenotyping datasets

The Three AgriFMs

Three foundation models

ENVIRONMENT

AgriFM-E

A spatio-temporal model trained on satellite imagery, weather, soil and crop phenology.

  • Crop monitoring
  • Yield forecasting
  • Water stress
  • Soil health
  • Land-use

MANAGEMENT

AgriFM-M

A document-understanding model trained on agronomy literature, advisory and extension materials.

  • Farmer advisory
  • Irrigation
  • Nutrients
  • Soil strategy
  • Decision support

GENETICS & GROWTH

AgriFM-G

A plant-imaging model trained on multimodal phenotyping and imaging datasets.

  • Disease detection
  • Breeding support
  • Resilient crops
  • Precision ag
  • Growth analysis

Our Vision

A future where open, trustworthy AI tools improve food security, sustainability and climate resilience.

Accessible to agricultural scientists, farmers, policymakers and innovators alike, built on open science and responsible AI.

Explore the science behind AgriScienceFM

Dive into the project, the use cases, and the open deliverables shaping the future of agricultural AI.