Plantix is a mobile crop advisory app for farmers, extension workers and gardeners. Plantix was developed by PEAT GmbH, a Berlin-based AI startup.[1] The app is capable of diagnosing plant damages (caused by pests, diseases or nutrient deficiencies) based on digital images of symptoms. It then suggests pesticides and herbicides and connects users with local sellers of these inputs, taking a commission on app-generated pesticide sales. Since its inception, the start-up's founders and employees have claimed that Plantix reduces the use of environmentally harmful pesticides—a claim that is increasingly being challenged due to the company's industry-dependent business model and the lack of robust evidence to support the claim.[2]
| Developer(s) | PEAT GmbH |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2015 |
| Operating system | Android |
| Type | crop advisory app |
| Website | plantix |
History
editPEAT GmbH launched the Plantix app in 2015.[3] 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
editPlantix 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
edit- ^ Schiller, Ben (21 September 2017). "Machine Learning Helps Small Farmers Identify Plant Pests And Diseases". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Miller, Stephen Robert. "This App Set Out to Fight Pesticides. After VCs Stepped In, Now It Helps Sell Them". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ Rollenhagen, Isabell (2 July 2015). "'Eine App für den grünen Daumen'". Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Plantix expands market reach through acquisition of the Swiss startup Salesbee Startupticker.ch | The Swiss Startup News channel". www.startupticker.ch.
- ^ Madslien, John (13 October 2017). "'Tell me phone, what's destroying my crops?'". bbc.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Haak, Steve (31 March 2017). "Die App Plantix erkennt kranke Pflanzen". wired.de. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Bansal, Manju (26 July 2016). "The Business of Climate Change". technologyreview.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Conroy, Gemma; Parletta, Natalie; Woolston, Chris (25 November 2020). "Germany's start-up scene is booming". Nature. 587 (7835): S106–S109. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03319-9. S2CID 227175373. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "1. Platz: Plantix". cebitaward.de. 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Plantix - An easy plant disease diagnostic & monitoring tool". worldsummitawards.org. 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Mobile App to Help Farmers Overcome Crop Damage". icrisat.org. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project". cimmyt.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "CABI trials PEAT's smartphone app Plantix that identifies plant pests in the field". cabi.org. 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Jain, Samiksha (26 May 2017). "AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Launches Mobile App For Farmers In India". indianweb2.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.