AgriSurge Innovation Challenge represents the joint efforts of the MoITT, Ignite and FAO.
This important activity upholds the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding
between the parties which paves the way for progress through innovation in Pakistan.
Ignite focuses on fourth industrial wave tech and on ecosystem development initiatives to fulfill its mission of creating a knowledge economy in Pakistan. Our national network of incubators nurtures startups, while our Seed Fund provides grants to innovative, deep tech projects and startups. DigiSkills.pk will deliver 1 million trainings in the future of work by 2020.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Pakistan is proud to join Ignite in hosting the AgriSurge Innovation Challenge. FAO is the specialized food and agriculture agency of the UN and as such has the mandate to ensure food and nutrition security in its member countries. FAO and Ignite believe in the power of Innovative technologies to tackle the agriculture challenges facing Pakistan today.
Offering local cloud hosting for selected teams and sponsoring special cash prize for women majority team
Offering mentoring and dataset of local farmers.
Offering IoT based technologies to participating teams
Offering datasets, mentoring and on-field test-bed.
United Nations Development Programme Offering mentorship and sharing of agri experts
Offering mentorship, access to Jazz APIs for integration with pilot projects and possibility of being part of Jazz xlr8 program.
Offering mentoring, financial platform to the participating teams.
National Center in Big Data and Cloud Computing
Offering datasets and technical mentorship in Cloud Computing
NAMAL offering mentoring and Incubation facility for selected projects
Offering digital marketing services
Test-bed for digitalize agriculture, mentoring and commercialization support.
Digital media partner
Offering outreach & mentoring to participating teams
Offering Outreach and Mentoring facility to participating teams