Posted on: November 28, 2013
The aim of the competition is to promote the use of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in agriculture and its benefits to farmers, consumers, food security and geo-traceability, remote sensing technologies, sustainable land management, and the environment.
If you are based in Europe or Africa and if you have innovative ideas for the more extensive use of satellite technologies (in particular related to EGNOS and GALILEO) in agriculture to improve production, efficiency, profitability and to reduce environmental impact, you are invited to subscribe to this competition. Entries can be about any type of agriculture in any part of Europe or Africa. You don’t need to be a satellite specialist to take part and you don’t have to be a farmer! But the idea you come up with must apply to agriculture, food production or land use, and it must use satellite services to provide benefits
The prize for 2013 / 2014 is of €5,000, €3,000 and €1,000 for the respective first, second and third placed teams/individuals. Furthermore a special prize of €4.000 is dedicated to Africa. The last date for the submission of entries is fixed to the 14th April 2014, 17:00 CET.
For subscription and for any further details on this competition, please see the farming by satellite website.