Agroptima, "The Internet of Fields": smart & mobile farm management software + IoT devices + big data
Project information
Agroptima, "The Internet of Fields": smart & mobile farm management software + IoT devices + big dataCall: Services and Applications for Smart Agriculture
Id: 14894
Acronym: Agroptima
Consortium:
| No | Partner | Contact | Country | Total 1000€ | Funded 1000€ | Funder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Coord. | Agroptima | Emilia Vila Valls | Spain | 117,000.0 | 68,500.0 | SmartAgriFood |
| 2 | Agro Igualada SCCL | Xavier Bargalló | Spain | 4,000.0 | 3,000.0 | None |
| 3 | Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) | Jussi Nikander | Finland | 41.6 | 29.3 | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
Farmers need a software farm management tool to keep record of their activities on the fields, make better decisions based on real data and manage from one place their fields, machines, products, etc.
The reality is that a lot of farmers want to use such a tool, but the problem is that current software tools have a series of deficiencies: they are not mobile, they are hard to use or they are not based on real data, etc. In addition, the machine generated data from their tractors and other devices gets lost. Therefore, most farmers end up making poor decisions, which are not based on data.
Agroptima is a simple and modern mobile APP and a cloud software tool for farmers, designed with farmers. It will have a simple interface and farmers can work from the fields without internet connection. Agroptima allows the farmer to keep record of his activities, crops and to analyze costs, based on real data he gathers with his smartphone. In addition, the cloud will have an API to connect to the machines so machine generated data can be used for further decision making.
The benefits for the farmer:
- Manage his farm efficiently from anywhere
- Save time by keeping records from the field, so when he arrives home most administrative work is done
- Have real data to make better decisions
- Concentrate all his information in one single place
- Be more competitive, by identifying which crops, fields, machines or workers have better productivity. Improve decisions on his inputs, crop planning, investment in machinery, hiring, etc.
The 2 differences between us and other companies who might have a similar idea is that first, we focus on mobile, because agriculture is mobile and second, we focus on use of machine generated data to improve the decision-making of the farmer.
Our vision is to modernize farm management. We think that farmers are the most important player in this challenge, and our tool is designed with them in mind. We now need SmartAgriFood funding to accelerate our development.
Help us make our vision come true!
The Agroptima team
Agroptima is a simple and modern mobile application and cloud software tool for farmers, designed with farmers. It has a simple interface and farmers can work from the fields without a need for internet connection. Agroptima allows farmers to keep a record of their activities and crops, and to analyse costs, based on real data they gather with their smartphone. Farmers can also access information about which crops are the most profitable and identify loss-making tasks in order to make better decisions and save costs. The start-up has started to work with agrifood companies, including a cornnuts producer that uses Agroptima to manage its 10,000 hectares of cornfields. Agroptima makes it easy to run a farm in a responsible and costeffective way. In September 2018, the company rolled out Agroptima Maps, a series of tools that will allow farmers to
view their tasks and fields in a much more visual, map-based format within the Agroptima app. Agroptima is currently the largest farm management software platform in Europe with 1.3 million acres under management across 1,700 clients. The company expects to exceed ¤1 million in turnover in the next 12 months and plans to use the funding for the internationalisation of the company, which is currently mainly
focused in southern Europe, and for ongoing technological development. Agroptima has been identified by EUstartups.com as one of 10 EU start-ups leading the green revolution.
The benefits for the farmer:
- Manage their farm efficiently from anywhere
- Save time by keeping records from the field
- Have real data to make better decisions
- Be more competitive, by identifying which crops, fields, machines or workers have better productivity.
- Mobile app