Plantix

Plantix[1][2] is a mobile crop advisory app for farmers, extension workers and gardeners. Plantix was developed by PEAT[3] GmbH, a Berlin-based AI startup. The app claims to diagnose pest damages, plant diseases and nutrient deficiencies affecting crops and offers corresponding treatment measures. Users can participate in the online community where they find scientists, farmers and plant experts to discuss plant health issues. Farmers can access local weather, get good agricultural advice throughout the season and receive disease alerts once a disease is spreading in their surrounding.

Plantix
Developer(s)PEAT GmbH
Initial release2015
Operating systemAndroid
Typecrop advisory app
Websiteplantix.net

History

PEAT GmbH launched the Plantix app in 2016. In April 2020 PEAT acquired the Swiss-Indian startup Salesbee.[4] The company has been featured in major media outlets such as BBC, Fortune, Wired, MIT technology review and Nature.[5][6][7][8] It has also been awarded with the CeBITInnovation Award and the USAID digital smart farming award and the Worlds Summit Award, by the United Nation.[9][10][11]

Collaborators

Plantix cooperates with international research institutes and inter-governmental organizations such as ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics) , CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) and CABI (Center for Agriculture and Bioscience International).[12][13][14][15]

References
  1. Tibbets, John H. (12 January 2018). "From identifying plant pests to picking fruit, AI is reinventing how farmers produce your food". eco-business. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. Agus, Sydney; Vanian, Jonathan (7 September 2017). "6 'Change the World' Companies That Are Rising Stars". fortune.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. Schiller, Ben (21 September 2017). "Machine Learning Helps Small Farmers Identify Plant Pests And Diseases". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  4. "Plantix expands market reach through acquisition of the Swiss startup Salesbee Startupticker.ch | The Swiss Startup News channel". www.startupticker.ch.
  5. Madslien, John (13 October 2017). "'Tell me phone, what's destroying my crops?'". bbc.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. Haak, Steve (31 March 2017). "Die App Plantix erkennt kranke Pflanzen". wired.de. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. Bansal, Manju (26 July 2016). "The Business of Climate Change". technologyreview.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  8. "Germany's start-up scene is booming". nature.com. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  9. "1. Platz: Plantix". cebitaward.de. 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  10. Jackiewicz, Zofia (8 September 2017). "U.S. Data-Driven Farming Prize Awards $300,000 for Innovative Agricultural Solutions in Nepal". datadrivenfarming.challenges.org. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  11. "Plantix - An easy plant disease diagnostic & monitoring tool". worldsummitawards.org. 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  12. "Mobile App to Help Farmers Overcome Crop Damage". icrisat.org. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  13. "Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project". cimmyt.org. 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  14. "CABI trials PEAT's smartphone app Plantix that identifies plant pests in the field". cabi.org. 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  15. Jain, Samiksha (26 May 2017). "AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Launches Mobile App For Farmers In India". indianweb2.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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