{"id":88695,"date":"2020-10-14T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T03:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ibm-announces-call-for-code-2020-grand-prize-winner\/"},"modified":"2020-10-14T06:00:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T03:00:55","slug":"ibm-announces-call-for-code-2020-grand-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ibm-announces-call-for-code-2020-grand-prize-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"#IBM announces Call for Code 2020 grand prize winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#IBM announces Call for Code 2020 grand prize winner<\/strong>”
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\n IBM today awarded the 2020\u00a0<\/span>Call<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Code<\/span>\u00a0grand prize to the creators of\u00a0<\/span>Agrolly<\/u><\/a>, an app<\/a> that helps small farmers threatened by climate change decide what to plant and when.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0distributed team of developers from\u00a0Brazil,\u00a0India,\u00a0Mongolia, and\u00a0Taiwan, who met at Pace University, will\u00a0<\/span>receive $200,000 and support from IBM experts and partners\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0incubate, test, and deploy their solution. They\u00a0will also get\u00a0help\u00a0from The Linux Foundation\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0open-source their app so developers across the world can improve and scale the tech.<\/span><\/p>\n

Agrolly was created to mitigate the damage done to farmers by climate change. This is particularly harmful to smaller farms in emerging countries, as they have limited access\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0resources that\u00a0can help them to adapt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The app aims to fill this information gap so that small\u00a0farmers can\u00a0make better-informed decisions, obtain financing, and boost their economic outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

It works by analyzing\u00a0weather forecasts alongside crop water requirements\u00a0to give each farmer tailored information on locations, crop types, and stages of growth. They can use\u00a0this information to see\u00a0when the weather conditions are favorable for growing different crops.<\/p>\n

These insights can help them to perform climate risk assessments, which are often required to get funding from financial institutions.<\/p>\n

The app also provides a\u00a0forum module for farmers to exchange information and solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Read:\u00a0This neural network accurately predicts extreme weather events]<\/em><\/p>\n

Agrolly is currently available as a free\u00a0app\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0the Google store<\/a>. In the\u00a0future, the team plans to monetize the product by offering a risk solution to\u00a0banks that provides information\u00a0they can use to choose which farms to fund.<\/span><\/p>\n

The team also plans to create a paid service that connects farmers to experts who can help them with their specific needs.\u00a0But Agrolly CEO\u00a0Manoela Morais told TNW that the central\u00a0app will always be free for farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n