Chilean farmer wins agricultural innovation award in Paris after creating application
The agricultural engineer, Cynthia Pizarro, won the first place in the contest Agreen Sturtup, of the Ministry of Agriculture of France. Pizarro, who studied at the School of Natural Resources of Duoc UC, was awarded a prize of 3 thousand dollars and the opportunity to be part of one of the largest agricultural cooperatives in Europe, Le Village, to implement in that country his project .
Agriversity, free education for farmes anywhere, is the app and winning platform, which seeks to increase the skills of people in the agricultural world in terms of technological advances, innovation and development. In addition, it allows to democratize the knowledge of this area and exchange learnings and techniques to improve the use of resources and products in improving agricultural practices.
"In the 2050, we will be 9 billions of people in the world and our food production must increase by 70%. Unfortunately, more than 80% of farmers in the world do not have formal education and the necessary access to innovate in world agriculture, but if more than 40% have Internet access, then why not educate them online? That's why we created Agriversity, free agricultural education ", says Cynthia.
The engineer also intends to bring this project to Chile to support the agricultural sector of our country.
Source: Mundo Agropecuario
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