Smart Farming Challenge
With increase in world population, the demand for agricultural products also increases. There is need for efficient and sustainable production of agricultural products in order to cater for the increasing population and at the same time conserving the environment. BayWa invites submissions of innovative projects that will successfully address these needs.
BayWa is particularly interested in new ideas that combine satellite data and artificial intelligence/ machine learning in the following application fields:
- Pasture Management
- Early Crop Disease Identification in Agriculture and Horticulture
- Yield Prediction in Horticulture
Benefits
Cash Prize: The winner will receive a cash prize worth EUR 5,000 and EUR 10,000 if your concept gets selected as Copernicus Masters 2021 Overall Winner
Mentoring: Mentoring package from BayWa, FarmFacts and Vista, including support with scientific and commercial expertise, developing a go-to-market strategy, and identifying sales channels.
BayWa Sales Platforms: Access to BayWa sales platforms and customers through NEXT Farming.
Access to Networks: Access to BayWa agri-business and agri-organization networks.
Field Trails: Access to field trails in multiple countries (if eligible).
Satellite Data: Possibility to access EUR 10,000 worth of commercial datasets from the Copernicus Contributing Missions in the Copernicus Data Warehouse (financial support by COM).
Evaluation Criteria
Submissions to the BayWa Smart Farming Challenge will be evaluated against the following criteria:
- Innovation Does the solution demonstrate a new/novel approach to Smart Farming?
- Earth observation Does the solution use Earth observation data to bring added-value to end-users?
- Technical Feasibility Can the technical element of the solution be used in a commercial context?
- Commercial Viability Does the solution have real market potential?
For all information: https://copernicus-masters.com/challenges/baywa-challenge/#
Registration deadline: 19 July 2021.
