## 4 Results and Discussion
### Horizontal Proposals for Policy Measures and Interventions
* The creation of operational groups, in which producers, researchers, as well as market operators involved in the agri-food chain will participate, with the aim of implementing pilot projects in agriculture's climate change mitigation and adaptation programs and actions in the field, as well as investment in innovative technologies, agricultural practices and methods to improve the resilience of Agriculture and accelerate its green and digital transformation. **H4. **_Mobilize Investments towards Innovation and Digitalization in Agriculture._  
As already mentioned, a necessary component of agriculture's green transformation is its digitalization (\"smart and green\" agriculture), which is expected to contribute significantly to not only to its modernization and competitiveness but also its resilience and sustainability in the face of its challenges climate change. The new digital technologies and applications in the agri-food sector, through the utilization of broadband infrastructure to all the rural areas of the country, provide multiple possibilities, especially when considering the significant interaction of the primary and the ICT sector in Greece [56]. The strategy to promote green and digital investments should be used to support economic diversification and the creation of new businesses and employment opportunities in areas significantly affected by the transition to a climate neutral economy. As an example, there will be a need to transition the rural lignite-intensive areas of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis, which will need to reorient their economic activity, investing in diversification through sustainable and digital investments in the primary sector. In this context, the proposal for this specific measure focuses on the following public and private sector interventions:  
* Providing incentives for the promotion of digital, private investments in new technologies in agriculture, which simultaneously serve the goals of the \"green economy\" and \"sustainable development\". Use the funding tools of the new CAP to support them, in synergy and with other funding sources, such as the InvestEU Fund, the European Investment Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Fund, the Just Transition Fund, and the other ESI Funds. * Development of public open data infrastructure in agriculture, which will be freely accessible and usable by all production and social partners of the agri-food system and will be compatible with the common European data space for Agriculture and Climate (e.g., Copernicus Climate Change Service/C3S, Global Agriculture Sectoral Information System, Agricultural Climate Advisory Services/AgriCLASS, Climate Adaptation Platform/Climate ADAPT, Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation/CTA), as well as with the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN). * Expansion of high-speed broadband networks in rural areas of the country, with financing of public expenditure from the new CAP, to improve access to digital services, in order to achieve the goal of 100% access by 2025. The free and fast access to internet services is a key condition for the success of the strategy to promote the green and digital transformation of Greek agriculture, especially in isolated, mountainous, disadvantaged, and insular areas, which are more vulnerable to poverty, abandonment and social exclusion. The expansion of broadband technologies in these areas can contribute decisively to the improvement of the quality of life of their inhabitants, to the retention of the population and the attraction of new people, to the preservation of agricultural activity (which is often the main source of income), to the diversification of employment and the creation supplementary income. **H5. **: _Manage the Climate Change related Risks for Agriculture._  
The effects of climate change create serious risks for agricultural production, the relevant infrastructure and the equipment of agricultural holdings (damage to fixed assets, partial or total loss of production and/or degradation of product quality, etc.).