The Urbana project will create a technologically innovative application to engage citizens in urban and peri-urban farming methods and build a bridge of knowledge exchange between Agricultural Advisors and citizens – Urban Cultivators. Urbana will act as a crowd-sourced repository of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects with step-by-step instructions regarding urban agriculture, smart balcony, greenhouses, community gardens farming techniques, etc. In particular, Urban Cultivators will be able to upload their DIY projects and navigate through the app to find other projects and ideas, while at the same time they will be able to make use of information and advice collected from Agricultural Advisors, crowdsourcing, IoT and social networks. On the other hand, Agricultural Advisors will be able to interact with the Urban Cultivators, consult them on how to build their own gardens and further promote their products and services. The idea of the Urbana app is to engage citizens in urban and peri-urban farming methods and act as a crowd-sourced repository of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects with step-by-step instructions regarding urban agriculture, smart balcony, greenhouses, community gardens farming techniques, etc. Urbana will also build a bridge of communication between Agricultural Advisors and Urban Cultivators to exchange knowledge and foster social innovation and collective awareness of the sustainability of cities.

Role of DRAXIS:

Draxis will provide the design and the development of the platform and the structure that will manage the storage, analysis, scalability, security and presentation of the data.