Organization:Plantix

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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. It can diagnose pest damage, plant disease and nutrient deficiencies affecting crops and can offer corresponding treatment measures. Users can participate in the online community where they can find scientists, farmers and plant experts to discuss plant health issues and access their local weather reports. According to developers as more people use the app it becomes more accurate as the algorithm obtains more information.  Due to the Plantix app, PEAT was listed as one of the 6 'Change the World' companies by Fortune Magazine in September 2017. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that between 20 and 40 percent of global crop yields are reduced each year because of plant diseases and pests. The Plantix app can help minimize these effects as users continue to use and share their experiences.

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


Plantix - the mobile app

Plantix is a free mobile application which offers farmers and gardeners to receive support directly to their smartphone.

Functionality

Farmers and gardeners can upload images to the Plantix app. The app offers guidance on the most likely diseases or pests affecting that crop. This includes symptom descriptions, recommendations for treatment and possible preventive measures. The pathogens can be filtered by plant species, fungus, bacterium or virus. With image recognition, the app is able to quickly identify a plant type - as well as the appearance of a possible disease, pest or nutrient deficiency. Plantix takes advantage of deep learning technology which involves neural networks. Furthermore, it provides information on treatment and preventive measures. From the daily new images sent by Plantix users worldwide, the network constantly learns more. This constantly growing database provides Plantix users with current information and alerts on plant diseases, pests and their worldwide distribution.

Applications

Plantix already 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). The Agriculture and Horticulture Department of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India has also already integrated Plantix into its extension services[4][5][6][7]

PEAT

PEAT (Progressive Environmental & Agricultural Technologies) was founded in Hannover, Germany in 2015 by Simone Strey, the company's current CEO, Robert Strey, Pierre Munzel, Charlotte Schumann, Alexander Kennepohl, Bianca Kummer and Korbinian Hartberger. PEAT is a deep learning Agriculture Tech Startup. PEAT is a spin-off of the Leibniz University Hannover , a german university focused on science and technology, they have successfully raised two rounds of venture capital, whereas the series A was led by Index Venture.

PEAT Company History

PEAT GmbH launched the Plantix app in 2016, but the first spark came as early as 2014 with the first prototype called "Gartenbank" developed in 2015. Its successor, Plantix, has built up the world's largest database of plant diseases to help farmers, extension workers and gardeners to diagnose and protect their crops utilizing artificial intelligence and image recognition software[8]. Their companies goal is to develop sustainable and intelligent solutions for tomorrow's agriculture.

By November 2017, the Plantix app had more than 1 million Downloads on Android[9], from more than 155 countries. The company currently employs around 30 people (at 20.03.2018) in the Berlin headquarters and has plans for expansion to Pune, India in early 2018. The company has been featured in major media outlets such as BBC, Fortune, Wired and  MIT technology review. It has also been awarded with the CeBITInnovation Award, USAID digital smart farming award and the Worlds Summit Award, by the United Nations .[10][2][11][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". http://www.eco-business.com/news/from-identifying-plant-pests-to-picking-fruit-ai-is-reinventing-how-farmers-produce-your-food/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Agus, Sydney; Vanian, Jonathan (7 September 2017). "6 'Change the World' Companies That Are Rising Stars". http://fortune.com/2017/09/07/change-the-world-ones-to-watch/. 
  3. ↑ Schiller, Ben (21 September 2017). "Machine Learning Helps Small Farmers Identify Plant Pests And Diseases". https://www.fastcompany.com/40468146/machine-learning-helps-small-farmers-identify-plant-pests-and-diseases. 
  4. ↑ "Mobile App to Help Farmers Overcome Crop Damage". 25 May 2017. http://www.icrisat.org/mobile-app-to-help-farmers-overcome-crop-damage/. 
  5. ↑ "Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project". 2016. https://www.cimmyt.org/project-profile/nepal-seed-and-fertilizer-project/. 
  6. ↑ "CABI trials PEAT's smartphone app Plantix that identifies plant pests in the field". 2018. https://www.cabi.org/news-and-media/2018/cabi-trials-peats-smartphone-app-plantix-that-identifies-plant-pests-in-the-field/. 
  7. ↑ Jain, Samiksha (26 May 2017). "AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Launches Mobile App For Farmers In India". https://www.indianweb2.com/2017/05/26/naidu-launches-mobile-app/. 
  8. ↑ Hartberger, Korbinian (31 October 2017). "Plantix - grow smart Fighting plant pests, diseases and nutrient deficiencies with a smartphone and the force of human and neural networks!". https://network.changemakers.com/challenge/creatingsharedvalue/entry/plantix-grow-smart-with-intelligent-networks. 
  9. ↑ "Plantix - grow smart". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.peat.GartenBank&hl=en. 
  10. ↑ Madslien, John (13 October 2017). "'Tell me phone, what's destroying my crops?'". https://www.bbc.com/news/business-41580890. 
  11. ↑ Haak, Steve (31 March 2017). "Die App Plantix erkennt kranke Pflanzen". https://www.wired.de/collection/tech/peat-pflanzen-plantix-app-gruen-schaedlinge-landwirte. 
  12. ↑ Bansal, Manju (26 July 2016). "The Business of Climate Change". https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602001/the-business-of-climate-change/. 
  13. ↑ "1. Platz: Plantix". 2017. https://www.cebitaward.de/de/1-platz-plantix-1760.html. 
  14. ↑ Jackiewicz, Zofia (8 September 2017). "U.S. Data-Driven Farming Prize Awards $300,000 for Innovative Agricultural Solutions in Nepal". http://datadrivenfarming.challenges.org/2017/09/08/u-s-data-driven-farming-prize-awards-300000-innovative-agricultural-solutions-nepal/. 
  15. ↑ "Plantix - An easy plant disease diagnostic & monitoring tool". 2017. https://www.worldsummitawards.org/winner/plantix/. 



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