STPI announces the Smart-farm Grant Challenge for Development of a “Digital solution to predict optimum time of sugarcane harvest”.

The application must have features but not limited to the few indicated below:
i. Should predict the optimum time of sugarcane harvest in a given plot area with reasonable accuracy.
ii. Should utilise computer simulations and digital data for reaching accurate results.
iii. Should provide plot-wise Polling in cane and yield estimate.
iv. Estimate the sugar content of all the plots in its catchment area remotely.
v. Should identify the plots which are mature/ ready to harvest.
vi. Should identify the poor plots in the initial stage.
vii. Should identify command area vs survey area for identification of the forged plots & left out plots.
viii. Should identify water-stressed plots and inform the exact time of irrigation.
ix. Results should be in easily interpretable formats viz graphs, images etc.
x. Results should be validated against the real-time digital data.
xi. Developed solution should be user friendly (most of the processes may be automated).
xii. Should be documented elaborately.
xiii. Low on the usage of power/ processor.
xiv. Should not have any external hardware dependency.
xv. Results along with the advisory to be disseminated through a mobile app to the farmers and the sugar mills.

The Smart-farm Grant Challenge is open for participation in teams having experts from all domains of a software development life cycle. Total duration of the Smart-farm Grant Challenge would be around 12 months/ 1 year (ideation, prototype and product stage).

Last date for submission is 15 June 2022

Click on the link below for more information.
https://innovate.stpinext.in/about-us/smart_farm