Kritagya AgTech Hackathon

HEADLINES:

Kritagya AgTech Hackathon by National Agricultural Higher Education Project of ICAR

WHY IN NEWS:

Kritagya Ag-Tech-Hackathon to promote innovation in farm mechanization with special emphasis on women friendly equipments

MINISTRY? :-Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 3: Agriculture : Hackathon

LEARNING:

For PRELIMS theme and the problem statement of this Hackathon stand important for Prelims .

For MAINS it is a note worthy event to enhance your general science paper three answers . Let us dive in !

ISSUE:

In order to promote potential technology solutions for enhancing farm mechanization a hackathon named “KRITAGYA” has been planned.

OVERVIEW

KRI-TA-GYA explains, KRI for Krishi (Agriculture), TA for Taknik (Technology) and GYA for Gyan (Knowledge).

This event will give an opportunity to the students / faculties / entrepreneurs / innovators and others.
The event will showcase innovative approaches & technology solutions to promote farm mechanization (FM) in India.

ORGANISERS

Such initiatives under NAHEP along with Agricultural Engineering, Division of ICAR .

This will also help in enhancing the learning capabilities, innovations and disruptive solutions.

Hence will also boost employability and entrepreneurial drive in FM sector.

TIMELINE

The registration for event has already been started from 15th September 2020.
The last date for registration is 30th September 2020.

ELIGIBILITY

Students / faculties / innovators from any university / technical institution across the country.

Participating students can collaborate with local start-ups, students from technology institutes including IlTs and NITs etc.
The group size must not exceed of 4 members.

THEME

The event provides a platform to showcase and recognize an innovative and disruptive farm mechanization solution.

The theme is to promote ‘Women Friendly Farm Machinery & Equipment‘

EVENT FRAMEWORK

A two tier event framework will be followed during the event.

TIER ONE : Screening Round, after the registration, applicants will be screened out and called for technical presentation from the respective zones.
TIER TWO : National Round, where top 10 Zonal level winners will be called for Grand Finale to showcase their solution.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Women friendly equipment for small farm operations
Automatic transplanter/seeder for wetland paddy
Automatic weeder for new crops
Robotic harvesting of coconut/oil palm
Selective Harvesting of physiologically matured tree fruits
On-the-go measurement of soil qualities and precision application of fertilisers
Device for contactless determination of biotic stresses to crops
Harvesting of vegetables in multiple picking
Cotton picking for Indian conditions
Crop residue handling, storage and management
Automatic vegetable transplanter
Yield determination without crop cutting or crop harvesting
Real time detection of plant diseases and simultaneous site-specific application of pesticides
Solar/hybrid power tractor/prime movers for farm cultivation operation

AWARDS

IASbhai WINDUP:

ICAR’s aim to enhance automation and mechanization to increase the farm productivity and profitability and also to reduce the drudgery.

The ICAR commenced NAHEP, a Government of India and World Bank project, in November 2017.

The overall objective to support the National Agricultural Research and Education System in providing more relevant and better quality education to the students.

SUGGESTED READING : https://nahep.icar.gov.in/Kritagya.aspx

SOURCES: PIB | Kritagya AgTech Hackathon | UPSC

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