Contest seeks startup initiatives in high-tech agriculture
An annual contest on innovation in agricultural production with high-tech for startups and innovative projects has been announced by the Centre for Business Incubation of Agricultural High Technology.
An annual contest for innovative start-ups and projects in agriculture using hi-technology announced at a press conference in HCM City on August 15 (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – An annual contest on innovation in agriculturalproduction with high-tech for startups and innovative projects has been announced by the Centre for Business Incubation of Agricultural HighTechnology in Ho Chi Minh City (AHBI).
The contest, held for the first time last year, seeks to attract innovativeideas and projects that offer solutions to problems related to the economy andenvironment and work towards smart agriculture.
Individuals or groups of young people, lecturers and students from universitiesand colleges in Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding provinces like Dong Nai, BinhDuong, Tay Ninh, Long An, Ben Tre, Hau Giang and Dong Thap, and Can Tho cityare eligible for the contest.
The contest features startup projects and initiatives on farming without soilin net houses, biotech for agriculture, plant selection, bio products foragriculture, processing and preserving farm produce, cultivation, flowers,bonsai trees and ornamental fish.
Nguyen Hai An, Director of the AHBI, said the contest encourages projects usingadvanced technologies applied in or renovated to suit conditions in Vietnam.The organising board will support initiatives with a view to turning them intocommercial products, thus forming startups in agriculture applying high technology.
According to An, the organising board will support projects in activities suchas training, building business plans, intellectual property, and field trips tosome successful startup models.
The contest will be held in three rounds, and the final round is slated forOctober 12 with a grand prize of 30 million VND (1,293 USD).
Winners can alsoreceive funding from investors and mentorship to commercialise their start-upideas.
Last year there were 50 contestants.
This year the contest has received 30 applications so far, and the closing dateis September 5.-VNA
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An annual contest for innovative start-ups and projects in agriculture using hi-technology announced at a press conference in HCM City on August 15 (Source: VNA) 
