ADAMA and GrowingIL are proud to partner in order to profoundly impact tomorrow’s crop protection. The main goal of this challenge competition is to assist farmers achieve new heights of productivity while reducing environmental impact, by finding the most advanced Israeli AgTech solutions that will address the pressing challenges in today’s agriculture environment in an effective, precise, and sustainable manner.
Missed the exposure webinar?
Where we provided further information about the challenges and process
What is a Challenge Competition?
Relevant applicants will be selected for developing or adapting an existing product to the needs of the industry prioritized by ADAMA.
Throughout the challenge, the selected applicants will interact with mentors from ADAMA to gain access and information regarding the company’s needs in relation to global farmers’ pain points and receive live feedback on their suggested solutions.
The challenge will culminate in a grand final event, where the finalists will present their suggested solutions & planned POC. The winners will be chosen by the jury ADAMA’s Judging Panel comprised of leading executives.
The Winning Prize.
The winning companies will conduct a fully funded joint POC with ADAMA, which will allocate its physical and human resources for the benefit of the POC.
Who Can Apply?
Startups, technology companies, developers, innovators, engineers, etc. If you are a team based in Israel with a solution that can solve one of the challenges below and you are committed to working on a joint POC with ADAMA’s team.
The Challenges.
The combination of a rapidly growing world population, increased challenges from pests, and a greater global emphasis on sustainability, provides a challenging environment in which to ensure global food security.
Vast advances in AgTech have the potential to provide farmers with much greater yields at lower costs, while reducing the use inputs, including Crop Protection, leading to a more sustainable future.
The synergy of chemistry and technology opens new possibilities for the use of crop protection products in places or at times that otherwise may have been limited by regional regulations.
ADAMA believes there is no one-size-fits-all solution, we are providing guidelines in the use cases, but not specifying the exact solutions we are seeking:
Challenge 1: PRECISE & EFFECTIVE USE OF CROP PROTECTION PRODUCTS
Precision AgTech solutions promoting effective use of crop protection products while reducing environmental impact of the following aspects: Non Target Organisms, MRLs, spray drift reduction, run-off pollution and soil degradation. Suggested solutions must address one or multiple aspects.
Challenge 2: EFFECTIVE WEED MANAGEMENT
Technological decision support solutions allowing farmers to choose the most suitable herbicide product according to the weed’s status (species and growth stage) in their field at the early post-emergence stage. Early-stage weed detection technology ensures that farmers know which herbicide and in what quantity will deliver a precision strike to the weeds in their fields, leading to healthier crops, increased yields, and better resistance management
Mentors.
Dan Bakola
Agtech Scouter
Yalon Perelman
Global AgTech Projects Manager
Yael Israeli
Global AgTech Projects Manager
Walter Savoia
Global Product Strategy Manager
Hadas Miryamchik
Global Product Development Manager
Danny Karmon
Global Product Development Manager
Georgiana Francescotti
Agtech & Digital Services Manager
Nimrod Reznik
Global Product Development Manager
Dana Jacob
Global Product Development Manager
Steven Gaulier
Environmental fate Expert
Doron Cohen
Global Product Strategy Manager
Challenge Timeline.
13/01/21
Exposure meetup
providing further information about the challenges and process
07/02/21 - 21/02/21
Application review
ADAMA’s team will review the applications and select the companies (up to 8 companies for both challenges) that will move on to the finals
10/03/21
Final date for finalists to submit an extended dossier
23/03/21
ADAMA announcement on the winning solution(s)
23/12/20
Challenge competition official lunch and opening applications
07/02/21
Application deadline
21/02/21
Finalists Announcement
15/03/21
Virtual final event
exclusively for the Finalists
