Rusagro Tech Challenge

The purpose of the competition is to search for innovative projects and technologies for integration into Rusagro's production processes.

The competitive selection takes place in four business areas of Rusagro, where the introduction of innovative technologies will increase the efficiency of food production.

The possibility of building a long-term cooperation with Rusagro
Access to the leading industry
experts
Mentoring from experts of the Skolkovo Foundation and Rusagro specialists

Upon the results of the competition, the winners receive:
- the possibility of integrating your solution into the production chains of Rusagro with the cost of piloting the projects up to 100 million rubles;
- an excursion to the existing production facilities of Rusagro, according to the subject of the declared project;

Applicants can use expert support from Rusagro to further develop the concept of projects, get help in finding financial and investment instruments, as well as get advice from industry experts, including mentoring support for obtaining the status of a Skolkovo participant.

PROJECT

Is relevant to the directions of competitive selection
TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS

Are in the stage of readiness for implementation in pilot production conditions
APPLICANTS

Are any natural or legal persons without a conflict of interests
TEAM

We are waiting for applications from startups, scientific institutions and scientists
NO RESTRICTIONS

There are no age restrictions on the market and on revenue

Project presentation

The presentation sent in the application must contain the following information:

1 Slide

Name of the company/project team/full name (if a physical person)

2 Slide

Actuality of the topic (indication of figures justifying the relevance, including links to info sources)

3 Slide

Composition and description of the product (description of functional and technological characteristics, application areas according to market segments)

4 Slide

Analysis of competing solutions/products

5 Slide

Pricing policy and cost calculation

6 Slide

Raw materials and production technology of the product

7 Slide

Trial results (test reports as appendices-in the Additional information section)

8 Slide

Justification of the economic effect for Rusagro

9 Slide

Offer for Rusagro (partnership, joint sales, joint venture, etc.)

10 Slide

Team Description (key developers and promotion team)

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project presentation

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Categories we are looking for

Crop business

Meat business

Fat and Oil business

Sugar business

Solutions for maintaining and increasing soil fertility;
Innovative plant protection products;
Automatic diagnostics and forecasting of the state of field plants, including monitoring using UAVs;
Agricultural robots for field conditions;
Soybean breeding

Health monitoring of pigs

Means and preparations for maintaining the immunity and health of pigs, increasing weight gain, reducing case;
Methods of prevention and control of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).

Optimization of operational processes

Robotic solutions in pig production;
Hygiene of premises and air, disinfection of water, feeders, disinfectants, special coatings;
Pig accounting and behavior analysis systems, video analytics (tags, diseases, heat, non-invasive weighing, birth control, crushing control).

Production of alternative protein sources

Fungi;
Microalgae;
Entomological (insects).

Alternative meat

Technologies for growing muscle tissue from animal cells;
3D printing technologies;
Technologies for the production of plant components for the creation of alternative meat.

Increase in the protein content in the meal;
Production of complex fats by biosynthesis;
Fat and oil products with the replacement of animal proteins and fats with vegetable ones;
Innovative ingredients for preservation and stabilization;
Reagents for the purification of tropical oils during refining;
Biodegradable or inert food packaging for the production of industrial fats and margarine;
Robots-analyzers of the quality of vegetable oils during tank storage with the possibility of remote online control and monitoring;
An oil capsule with auxiliary components to improve the consumer properties of the final products of the B2B segment.

New generation sweeteners, including "sweet proteins";
Deep processing of fiber and sugar-free molasses, including for the production of biofuels and organic acids;
Technologies of betaine crystallization;
Membrane technologies for filtration and separation of high-performance media;
High-performance industrial liquid chromatography;
Technologies for manufacturing binding solutions (cement) from sugar production defecate;
Technologies for burning / recycling of viscous low-calorie fuel mixtures;
Systems for in-line analysis of liquid and solid media based on spectrometry.

Timeline

01

August 30, ‘21
09:00 Moscow time

Application acceptance
start date

02

November 7, ‘21
23:59 Moscow time

The deadline for
accepting applications

03

November 8, ‘21
09:00 Moscow time

The start date of the formal
verification of applications

04

November 8, ‘21
23:59 Moscow time

The end date of the formal
verification of applications

05

November 9, ‘21
09:00 Moscow time

The start date of the
examination of applications

06

November 12, ‘21
23:59 по МСК

The end date of the examination
of applications

07

November 15, ‘21

Completion of decisions after
the examination and preparation
for the final

08

December , ‘21

Final –
Skolkovo Technopark

09

December — ‘21

Working with the winners
– elaboration of road maps

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regulations

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Results of the competition

Sergey Efimenko

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Biochemistry at the B. C. Pustovoit Research Institute of Oilseeds

Victoria Nasonova

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department of Scientific, Applied and Technological Developments of the V. M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Roman Kulikov

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Deputy Head of the Digital Agricultural Laboratory of Skoltech

Alexander Ignatov

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Agrarian and Technological Institute of the RUDN

Roman Yashin

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Center for Animal Health Protection", Head of the Laboratory for the prevention of diseases of pigs and cattle

Olga Voskanyan

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K. G. Razumovsky (MGUTU named after K. G. Razumovsky)

Anatoly Slavyansky

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K. G. Razumovsky (MGUTU named after K. G. Razumovsky)

Vladimir Gorodetsky

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Honorary Worker of the sugar industry of Russia, head of the Department of sugar and sugar products technology of the Krasnodar Research Institute for the Storage and Processing of Agricultural Products

Maria Pukalchik

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior lecturer at the Skoltech Center for Scientific and Engineering Computing Technologies for big data questions (CDISE)