Tuesday, April 26, 2022
National Innovation Agency (Public Organization) or NIA, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (TSU) as an agency to develop and accelerate innovation entrepreneurs. including creating an ecosystem to facilitate the growth of startups initiated a platform project to connect farmers with agricultural startups to become farmers who apply technology The project is called AgTech Connext for short, with cooperation from government and private sectors. To encourage startups to grow and turn farmers into smart agriculture. using startup technology
Dr. Kritphaka Boonfueng, Deputy Director of Innovation Systems National Innovation Agency (Public Organization) said NIA has initiated a project to develop individual startups. To create growth in the target economy of the country It has created a growth and investment development platform for start-up enterprises. which has activities to develop and nurture entrepreneurship with all sectors in the ecosystem. AgTech Startups is one of the key business fields according to the NIA’s individual startup development plans because The agricultural sector is highly important to the economy and society of Thailand. The NLA has worked to develop and accelerate agricultural startups to be leaders of change in the agricultural sector of Thailand. through upgrading the ability to solve agricultural problems with new technologies throughout the agricultural value chain and drive the development of the agricultural sector with the start-up enterprise concept. Therefore, building a bridge to develop agricultural start-up enterprises has the opportunity to work with all sectors. It also creates opportunities for farmers to understand and access technology and innovations of startups. is therefore of paramount importance
By building cooperation with allied agencies, consisting of agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, such as the Department of Agricultural Extension, the Department of Rice, the Department of Fisheries, and the Department of Livestock Development, in order to connect with groups of farmers who need technology The agency provides funding to farmers. Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives The agency is ready to support venture capital for startups such as Innospress (Thailand) Co., Ltd., as well as the private sector from Amazon Web Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd., who have credited AWS Cloud to startups. Selected ups worth 300,000 baht for startups that present their work in bringing technology and innovation to real-life applications to farmers.
from the operating results of the past year There were 14 agricultural startups who brought technology and innovations that can effectively solve problems in the agricultural sector to showcase their skills through the AgTech Connext forum, and there was a matching process for transferring technology from startups to farmers. both increase efficiency as precision agriculture Create a new online market for agricultural products. Including creating cooperation between startups to build on and connect to work together. with time challenges and the spread of COVID-19 A prime example is #SpermSpeed. Semen nimble. “Biotechnology-based high-precision estrus-inducing plaster for cattle and semen, # Eden Agritec “Life-Extending Coating for Vegetables, Fruits and Decorative Fruits” and other LJIBA “Fast, Accurate, and Proof of Counting Baby Aquatic Animal Counting Machine”
Dr. Kritphaka added that “The AgTech Connext 2022 project this year will add partners from the Federation of Thai Industries and the Thai Chamber of Commerce. To connect to agribusiness groups to expand more applications, this is an important step for changing and stimulating the agricultural sector to use more technology to solve problems. This change is in line with the national agenda “BCG Model” and will lead to the creation of a new agricultural economy that can thrive on sustainable development.”
Come join us as a power to create innovations to transform Thai agriculture… We are accepting applications for start-ups in agriculture that have products or services that are ready to expand the market to grow together. You can apply to join the project. From today – 30 April 2022, don’t wait until you miss a good project. Apply at http://agtechconnext.nia.or.th/
