Theme
Agriculture/ Food Tech
The Agriculture/FoodTech theme of Niral Thiruvizha Hackathons encourages innovations in precision farming, sustainable crop management, smart irrigation, and food supply chain optimization to tackle pressing challenges in agriculture and food security. Participants are invited to create solutions that enhance productivity, sustainability, and access to nutritious food.
Problem Statements
| S.No. | Theme | Problem Statement and Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we develop sound, cost effective storage and warehousing solutions for storing farm produce which can be easily accessed by poorer farmers and can be scaled up to mass production? |
| 2 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we design an AI driven app incorporating climate modelling, disease management, soil testing, market forecasting which will provide farmers with valuable inputs, guidance on crop management, sustainable agricultural practices. irrigation strategies, use of agricultural inputs and choice of crops? |
| 3 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | Develop innovative technologies that enhance crop traits such as flood tolerance, pest and disease resistance and increased nutrient content without altering plant genes which should reduce reliance on chemical inputs and preserve natural biodiversity |
| 4 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How to introduce indigenous cow breeds such as Gir, Shahiwal, Tarparkar to the farmers instead of hydrid varieties which is having low yields over the lifetime? How to develop a database of the farmers to promote the indigneous cow breeds? |
| 5 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How can we develop a practical, cost-effective, and eco-friendly AI-driven ultrasound technology to detect and deter wild animals from entering agricultural fields, while studying the movement of animals from reserve forests to human habitation areas and implementing a warning system to alert nearby localities for effective crop protection and wildlife management? |
| 6 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we design a cost-effective combined harvester with an integrated precision drying system to efficiently harvest, thresh, and dry paddy grains directly in the field, particularly during the samba season? |
| 7 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | Design and develop an innovative solution that utilizes technology to improve farming practices, increase crop yields,and reduce waste.The solution should be scalable, sustainable,and accessible to smallholder farmers. |
| 8 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How can we develop an AI-driven technology to monitor and detect drainage channel blockages, automatically clearing and rectifying these blockages during the rainy season to prevent water inundation? |
| 9 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we develop an innovative, cost-effective, user-friendly, and sustainable solution to control the rapid spread of water hyacinth in aquatic ecosystems, while converting its biomass into economically and environmentally beneficial products? |
| 10 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we create an innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective solution to mitigate the impact of high winds on paddy crops in coastal areas, enhancing crop resilience and reducing financial losses for farmers? |