Hackathon aims to solve potential agricultural problems
Ag-tech savvy developers and innovators are invited to work on solving potential agricultural problems at the inaugural Ag-tech hackathon, being held by DPIRD in conjunction with the Ministry of Data (MoD).
MoD is a not-for-profit, voluntary venture run under the OpenGov network, which hosts hackathons with the aim of solving technological problems faced by State Government agencies.
DPIRD’s eConnected Grainbelt Project is sponsoring the agricultural-themed hackathon, to be held from 22-24 June in Perth, which will bring together ag-tech industry participants and talented developers to try to find answers to real world problems, which industry and growers experience.
In order to make the most of this event, expressions of interest are being sought from industry to submit agricultural problems for hackathon participants to work on.
Anyone who provides data is encouraged to be available at the event in a mentoring capacity – assisting to advise teams who work on their specific problems to meet criteria, and to answer agricultural-related questions.
Suitable problems identified will be presented to participants who will be given access to several DPIRD datasets developed by the eConnected Grainbelt Project. Access to the data is being provided as part of the WA Open Data Policy. Datasets include:
- data streams from 175 regional weather stations
- recently integrated meteorological radar data
- soil classification and geospatial data
- organism (taxonomy) data
- reported endemic pest and disease (PestFax) data.
MoD will assist event winners post-hackathon to develop viable solutions through new business opportunities.
Anyone interested in being involved should contact Samantha Scott on +61 (0)8 9368 3748.