GATE: Entry point to data to accelerate agriculture’s green transition

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GATE: Entry point to data to accelerate agriculture’s green transition

Denmark In Danish
Project period: 2026–2028
Supported by: Novo Nordisk Foundation

Fragmented data is a challenge for agriculture’s green transition. Through the GATE project, the Danish Technological Institute and the project’s partners will bring data together in a single open platform, giving stakeholders across the agricultural sector a stronger foundation for developing data-driven tools.

Denmark is not short of valuable agricultural data. Information on operating conditions, land use and environmental impacts is already documented. The challenge is that the data exists in different systems and formats. This makes it difficult to gain an overview, create synergies and fully realise its potential. As a result, the development of new digital solutions to support agriculture’s green transition is delayed.

GATE will address this problem by bringing access to data together in a single platform. The integrated data will provide a stronger basis for developing practical digital solutions and decision-support tools that benefit both farmers and society.

A single point of entry to agricultural data

GATE stands for Green Transition through Federated, Open-Access Data Infrastructure. The project is based on a principle whereby data remains with its owners but can be accessed securely through a shared infrastructure. The platform will be developed using open-source software and will comply with the FAIR principles — Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

At the same time, the platform will ensure full traceability of data sources, data transformations and usage. This will make it easier to work with data across systems and help build trust in the solutions developed on that basis.

On the platform, researchers, advisers and public authorities will encounter tailored user interfaces:

  • Researchers will gain access to extensive, standardised and combinable datasets that can be used for dynamic model integration and cross-cutting analyses within their own systems.
  • Advisers will be able to access data that supports, among other things, precision agriculture and documentation.
  • Public authorities will have a stronger basis for evidence-based regulation.

A Danish model with global potential

The challenge of fragmented data is not unique to Denmark. In other European countries too, it has been pointed out that limited access to data and fragmented digital infrastructure can lead to unclear regulation and weaker decision-support tools.

With GATE, work is therefore beginning on a model for Danish agriculture that can also support the objectives of the Green Tripartite Agreement. In the longer term, the ambition is for the solution to be scaled internationally and to help position Denmark as a frontrunner in data-driven green transition within agriculture.

About the project

GATE runs from 2026 to 2028 and is led by the Danish Technological Institute in collaboration with Land-CRAFT and the Danish Agency for Green Land Use Change and Aquatic Environment (SGAV). The project has received DKK 23 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the initial two-year demonstration phase.

Partners

  • Danish Technological Institute
  • Land-CRAFT
  • Danish Agency for Green Land Use Change and Aquatic Environment (SGAV)