We have provided free training to young people seeking to enter the world of work since 2014 in our Solidarity FabLabs. There they learn digital manufacturing, teamwork and perhaps even a future trade.
Our international challenge is aimed at them. It allows them to use our FabLabs to develop a project from A to Z and show everything they are capable of doing today.
This year, the challenge is to create digital objects that address new agricultural and food issues. A theme that directly addresses one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: "End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture."
15 teams competing!
The Agri Smart System
Agri Smart aims to improve sustainable agricultural production and offer food security. The system was designed and produced by six young people between the ages of 21 and 27 and is organized...
The EyeTrap Connected Insect Trap
Detecting parasites early and alerting farmers prevents crops from being seriously damaged while reducing the use of pesticides, which are toxic and make insects more resistant. Using the...
The Green Leaves App
This new Android app will help farmers produce more while using fewer resources and releasing fewer greenhouse gases. How? By making it possible for farmers to work around changes in weather and...
The high-frequency rocket
How to fight against the swarms of crickets that ravage crops and cause food shortages, without using pesticides? With this new system, housed within an aerodynamic rocket, which produces...
The Solar Dryer
This dryer has been designed for use at the Suzanne Farm, in the middle of Paris. This sustainable agriculture tool will process surpluses produced by this farm located on the roofs of the city....
The Agrivao Plantation
Led by a team of nine young people, this plantation aims to provide sustainable food security in a region (Vakinankaratra) in which chronic malnutrition has been steadily rising to reach rates of...
Arrostech Automatic Irrigation
How to make irrigation more effective and save water for smallholder farmers? Eight young students not in employment, all around twenty years old, formed two groups to make a new automatic...
The Nyam Food Collection Bike
Fourteen young people not in education, aged 15-21, invented and built this concept vehicle using the tools at the Solidarity FabLab. The aim was to find a sustainable solution to put an end to...
The Hybrid Incubator
Made from a recycled refrigerator, this connected incubator will be able to hold 400 eggs before they hatch. Seventeen young people supported by three trainers developed a solar heating system...
The solar dehydrator
This application preserves foods while retaining their nutrients using the power of the sun, in just 24 hours. It is a natural, fast and economical solution perfectly adapted to a country in...
Toolu Kër Smart Urban Agriculture
“A field in the home” - that is how this vegetable micro-gardening project for terraces or balconies describes itself. With sensors for humidity, temperature, and light, the system automatically...
The aquaponics kit
Four young people aged 24 to 28 who were unable to continue their studies joined this FabLab and invented an urban agriculture kit. This kit offers a solution to urbanization happening at...
Eco-Fab Automated Farming
The idea involves the organization and control of a vast area of South Madagascar, which is currently suffering from the effects of climate change, drought and famine. Using the new technologies...
The Ghallaty Smart Harvesting Basket
Ten young people at the FabLab set themselves the objective of using new technologies to double agricultural productivity and revenue for smallholder fruit farmers. They therefore created and...
The Agrohelper Robot
Three young people have imagined and developed an autonomous, remote-controlled cargo-carrying robot for smallholder farmers. It can be controlled by smartphone and GPS and is powered by solar...