GROW, the UK’s first agri-tech business plan competition, aims to encourage entrepreneurial thinking into the industry. Closing date for registration is 28th February 2020.
Participants in the agri-hackathon came up with some truly awesome ideas with global impact – taking on the challenge of how to change the world in 48 hours
We ran our first Agri-Tech Hackathon early this year in partnership with Allia Serious Impact. It was an intensive weekend that resulted in some very exciting ideas emerging.
To accelerate innovation in the agri-food industry, Agri-Tech East has partnered with Allia Serious Impact to host their first hackathon in Cambridge on 7-8 April 2018.
The hackathon concept brings together technical experts around a key problem facing a business or sector to engage in a super-focused effort to come up with some answers.
And the winner of GROW agri-tech business plan competition is….. Farming Data, a mobile trading platform that could lift subsistence farmers out of poverty.
Farming Data supports subsistence farmers by creating a market for surplus.
Bristol based SoilSense has developed an aerial soil moisture sensor that can provide a detailed map of the water status of a whole field in minutes.
“What factors can I influence to improve yield?” This is the question that Jonathan Tole has frequently asked himself.
Fresh vegetables that are surplus to orders are frequently left to rot in the field, as the cost of harvesting without a known buyer is too great
DataGranary aims to pay farmers for their data and then collect, clean, aggregate and sell it in a format that is beneficial to others in the agri-food value chain.
No, it’s not a new form of diversified livestock management – unicorns, gorillas and gazelles are terms used to describe businesses in various stages of