{"id":300944,"date":"2021-10-22T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=300944"},"modified":"2021-10-25T17:48:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:48:10","slug":"brazilian-agritechs-stood-out-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-agritechs-stood-out-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian agritechs stood out in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai \u2013 Two agriculture technology startups stood out in the latest edition of GITEX Future Stars, a startup exhibit that took place earlier this week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Raks and Krilltech were shortlisted for the Supernova award, where startups from all over the world competed. They were both showcasing their services in Brazil pavilion at GITEX, which featured eight other companies \u2013 Biosolvit, TNS Nano, Trakto, Dersalis, Jade Autismo, Tactic Up, Predify, and Asel Tech.<\/p>\n<p>ANBA interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/raks.com.br\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raks<\/a> CEO and founder Fabiane Kuhn during the exhibit. Kuhn said that Raks developed an irrigation control system. \u201cWe work with solar-powered fixed moisture sensors, without the need for internet in the field,\u201d Kuhn said. These sensors monitor moisture and are coupled with weather, plant, and irrigation method data, in order to tell the farmer when and how much they must irrigate, thus saving power and water and boosting productivity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300925\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-300927\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fabiane Kuhn, CEO of Raks<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kuhn said the sensor is 25 centimeters deep underground, which is the average root size of several cultures. Wheat, soy, maize, a\u00e7a\u00ed, strawberry and pecan are some of the crops the sensor has been used with. \u201cAnd pecan is a tree, which shows the sensor can be used in different crops,\u201d the CEO said. The sensor does not work with deep-water cultures like rice.<\/p>\n<p>The technology is present in Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, S\u00e3o Paulo, and Par\u00e1. The company started as a high school research project developed by Kuhn together with two classmates. In 2017, the company opened with a focus on developing the product. It launched in 2020 for field tests, and sales started in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>On Raks platform, the user can access all information the sensor collects in the field. You can see the history, recommendations as when and how much to irrigate, and forecasts for the following days and weeks. \u201cOn the platform you set which kind of soil and culture you have so that the system always suits your particular situation and does not use general information,\u201d Kuhn said.<\/p>\n<p>On being shortlisted for Supernova Challenge, Kuhn said that 500 companies from all over the world registered, 120 went to semifinals, and 22 to the finals. \u201cThe entire world is showcasing startups from different industries, and in our first time here, we managed to go to the finals, so we are representing Brazil really well,\u201d she said. She aims to increase operations and fast-track the company\u2019s process as a whole.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300928\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-300930\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-22-at-03.03.46-2.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Diego Stone, CEO of Krilltech<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ANBA watched the presentation of <a href=\"https:\/\/krilltech.com.br\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krilltech<\/a> at the finals of the Supernova Challenge. CEO Diego Stone delved into the nanotechnology of arbolina, which boosts productivity in the crop and sustainably increases the nutritional quality of cultivars in the same time window.<\/p>\n<p>The biofertilizer boosts the performance of crops without producing toxic residues. Arbolin Biogenesis is an innovative line of organic, non-toxic, biocompatible nanostructure products. Biodegradable, it acts as a fertilizer, biofortifier, and nutrient carrier, and it has saw an increase in productivity of over 23 different cultures, including strawberries (70%), beans (33%), tomato (26-40%), and greens (30-50%). Startup Krilltech is a partnership between state-run agricultural research agency Embrapa and the University of Bras\u00edlia (UnB).<\/p>\n<p>Stone said the company has had over 210 clients within six months and is on the lookout for potential partners and clients in the UAE and the Arab world. He says his product can help in the issue of food security, which is very dear to the Arabs of the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-300924\">Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raks and KrillTech were shortlisted for the Supernova award of GITEX Future Stars, a startup exhibit in Dubai that ended on Thursday (21).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":300924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,95],"tags":[17117,23151,24833,24831,24832,18805,24834,13474,12565,12657,24835,24836,24837,13409,24838,24839,43839],"class_list":{"0":"post-300944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agribusiness","8":"category-innovation","9":"tag-agricultural-technology","10":"tag-agritech","11":"tag-agtech-en","12":"tag-arbolin","13":"tag-biofertilizers","14":"tag-brazilian-startup","15":"tag-diego-stone-en","16":"tag-embrapa-en","17":"tag-gitex-en","18":"tag-gitex-ar","19":"tag-gitexx-future-stars-en","20":"tag-krilltech-en","21":"tag-raks-en","22":"tag-startups-en","23":"tag-supernova-gitex-brasil-en","24":"tag-unb-en","25":"tag-unb-en-2"},"wps_subtitle":"Raks and KrillTech were shortlisted for the Supernova award of GITEX Future Stars, a startup exhibit in Dubai that ended on Thursday (21).","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}