Meshectares. com: a website to help with farm supplies( fer lisers, spare parts, livestock equipment, etc.), provides informa on and encourages interac on between professionals. Sencrop: an agro-meteorological social pla orm connected to weather sta ons and sensors and linked up with decision-making tools VotreMachine. com: the first farm machinery rental website allowing farmers to hire machinery that they cannot afford or do not need to own. WeFarmUp. com: a pioneering website for peer-to-peer equipment rental in the farming world which today boasts 2,900 WeFarmers and 1,850 available machines.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Enerbioflex: an engineering consultancy specialising in energy overconsump on which analyses and helps to reduce direct energy consump on( electricity, hea ng fuel, gas and biomass) in farms. Diimo on: a direct injec on system, for more efficient and eco-friendly spraying, capable of working with all products, both powders and liquids, with a reac on me of barely one second.
In parallel, the Start-up Village will be hos ng several workshops organised by La Ferme Digitale * offering exchange and debate around the most topical subjects:
· Green Trend, sustainable agriculture: new words have sprung up in recent years( AMAPs, local consumerism, organic, responsible consumerism, etc.). This workshop will examine their meaning and offer dialogue between consumers and producers.
· Farm distribu on of tomorrow: how will it create value for the farmer, the sector’ s businesses and the end consumer?
· Internet of Things: new gadgets or the farmer’ s best friend?
· Financing in the farming sector: tradi onal players are now inves ng in intangible assets( so ware, ar ficial intelligence, innova ve ecosystems, start-ups, etc.). Why has farming remained such a long-standing investment?
Start-up Village- Hall 4- Stand H 012 and J 011
* La Ferme Digitale is an associa on made up of 12 start-ups whose aim is to promote innova on and digital technology to achieve high-performance, sustainable agriculture.
fertiliser. advisory @ sugar. org. za www. sasa. org. za / sasri
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