Aarhus University and Innvite are the Danish partners in the EU-funded project ET4D, focusing on improving sustainability in dairy production.
Twice a year, the partners meet to discuss the project’s progress and gain first-hand insight into the work being carried out in the participating countries. Most recently, they met in November 2025 at the University of Zielona Góra in Poland.
About Et4d
ET4D is an ambitious EU-supported project with partners from eight countries: Germany, Hungary, Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Finland, Turkey and Israel. The project is supported through the EU program ICT-AGRI-FOOD, which in Denmark belongs to the Green Development and Demonstration Programme, GUDP.
ET4D’s main purpose is to:
- Validate and expand the reporting frame of a data management system (DMS) with embedded sensors for on-farm use to collect and process data from dairy barns,
- Demonstrate the system’s applicability in real word application by deploying it in commercial farms in different countries with different climatological and socio-economic boundary conditions,
- Identify information requirements of different interest groups and demonstrate the potential added value of the information sharing for the farmer and other interest groups
The ET4D project is carried out by 11 partners together:
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy – primary contact and project manager, Sabrina Hempel
- AgHiTech LTD – primary contact, Thomas Banhazi
- Innvite ApS – primary contact, Thomas Bjerre
- Estonian University of Life Sciences – primary contact, Eugen Kokin
- MIGAL Galilee Research Institute – primary contact, Uri Marchaim
- University of Zielona Góra – primary contact, Joanna Frątczak-Muller
- Tokat Gaziosmapasa University – primary contact, Sefa Tarhan
- AKI Institute of Agricultural Economics – primary contact, Ildiko Tikasz
- OULU – Center for Wireless Communications – Networks and Systems – primary contact, Konstantin Mikhaylov
- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences – primary contact, Sebastian Opalinski
- Aarhus University – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering – primary contact, Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen
ET4D kick-started on 1 October 2023 and ends on 1 October 2026.
You can read more about the ET4D project on the website here: www.et4d.eu
In a series of interviews, we explore the future of sustainable dairy production through conversations with experts from the ET4D consortium.
Read the interviews here:
What does increasing digitalisation mean for dairy farmers today?
Claus Aage Grøn Sørensen
Professor,
Aarhus University (DK)
How does ET4D impact the future of sustainable dairy farming?
Dr Sefa Tarhan
Professor at Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, TOGU (TR)
How does ET4D impact the future of sustainable dairy farming?
Dr. Sabrina Hempel
ET4D Project Coordinator,
The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering & Bioeconomy, ATB (DE)
How can Precision Technologies impact future of sustainable dairy farming?
Professor Thomas Banhazi
CEO of AgHiTech (HU)
Are we well-informed on today’s dairy products?
Joanna Fratczak-Mueller
Associate Professor,
University of Zielona Góra (PL)
Does internet connectivity impact our ability to improve digitalization of agriculture?
Konstantin Mikhaylov
Associate Professor,
University of Oulu (FI)
Can we improve both the climate footprint and animal welfare in dairy farming?
Sebastian Opalinski
Associate Professor,
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (PL)
