Smart Farm Grant Challenge
Developing a digital solution to predict the optimum time of sugarcane Harvest
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What is Smart Farm Grant Challenge?
Smart Farm Grant Challenge is a program to identify impactful solutions from startups to address the problem statements identified for sugarcane harvest. Sugarcane is an important commodity for human consumption as well as trade. Information and communication technology in agriculture (ICT in agriculture), has the potential to significantly impact the agriculture sector by utilizing ICT tools.

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Purpose of Smart Farm Grant Challenge

To predict the optimum time of sugarcane harvest in a given plot area with reasonable accuracy.

To utilize computer simulations and digital data to reach accurate results.

To provide plot-wise Polling in cane and yield estimate.

To estimate the sugar content of all the plots in its catchment area remotely.

To identify the plots which are mature/ready to harvest

To identify the poor plots in the initial stage.

To identify command area vs survey area for identification of the forged plots and left out plots.

To identify water-stressed plots and inform the exact time of irrigation

To implement all results in easily interpretable formats viz graphs, images, etc.
Stages of Smart Farm Grant Challenge:
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First Level Quality check, Review, Assessment, and Screening
Assess compliance with the eligibility criteria of the participating team.
Jury will evaluate the Ideas and will shortlist top 25 proposal.
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Ideation Stage:
Presentations and review ideas submitted by 25 teams.
Select top 10 to develop a prototype of the proposed problem statement within 3 months duration with the financial support of INR 5.00 lakhs.
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Prototype Stage:
Review of prototype build by selected 10 teams.
Select top 4 prototypes for financial support of INR 20.00 lakhs for developing product within 6 months duration.
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Final Stage:
The best-judged solution will get a contract to deploy the solution for a period of 3 years along with financial support of INR 50.00 lakhs for the first year and INR 10.00 lakhs each for the second and third year towards operation and maintenance charges.
Who can apply?
It is open for participation in teams having experts from all domains of a software development life cycle.
The Indian tech Startups, MSMEs Companies, and LLPs registered in India under the Companies Act can apply. The entity must have 51% or more shareholders with Indian citizens or persons of Indian origin.
