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 a solution to reduce pesticide and fertilizer usage by integrating Soil Health Card data, weather data, and the Leaf Color Chart method? This app should provide farmers with precise, location-specific recommendations to optimize input usage, enhance crop health, and promote sustainable agricultural practices. |
| 2 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we design an affordable device to automatically regulate the temperature in poultry farms, maintaining an optimal 35°C to prevent heat stress, reduce manual water spraying, and ensure the health and productivity of the birds? |
| 3 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we develop energy-efficient hybrid interfaces for conventional machines in tea industries, reducing power consumption while maintaining productivity and optimizing overall energy use? |
| 4 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we develop an innovative, economical, and user-friendly solution to help farmers prevent bird menace in crops such as sunflower, maize, and jowar? This solution should be practical and scalable, offering an effective method to safeguard these crops while being accessible to farmers. |
| 5 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How can we design a cost-effective, user-friendly automatic mini tilling and leveling machine optimized for heavy clayey soil, reducing operator fatigue and skill requirements, and making it more accessible for small and marginal farmers? |
| 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 | How can we innovate a single compact device that can test all necessary qualities of milk, such as FAT, SNF, protein, and adulteration, while also serving as an attractive, modular structure for selling milk and milk products? |
| 8 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How can we design a device to efficiently remove moisture from coir also to prevent groundwater seepage and minimize environmental impact? |
| 9 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we develop an efficient shrimp peeling machine that removes shells without compromising yield, accommodates various shrimp sizes, maintains hygienic standards, minimizes processing time, and reduces operational costs to meet growing market demands? |
| 10 | Agriculture/ Food Tech | How might we develop advanced infrastructure and mechanization for jaggery production units to improve hygiene and manufacturing processes, while creating a dedicated platform for efficient sourcing and management of jaggery product procurement? |