Tulane University recently awarded the $1 million grand prize for the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to Adapt-N, a team from Cornell University that developed a cloud-based computer modeling system to predict optimum nitrogen application rates for crops using data on weather, field conditions and soil management practices.The Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge is an international competition to find a significant, scalable solution to reduce nitrogen runoff from farming, a primary culprit behind vast algae blooms that cause massive annual “dead zones” in waters throughout the world.Adapt-N competed against three others challenge finalists, Cropsmith of Farmer City, Illinois; Pivot Bio of Berkeley, California, and Stable'N of Carmi, Illinois. Teams tested their innovations during a
Tulane University Names $1 Million Winner of Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
Adapt-N of Cornell University wins global contest for best new technology to reduce nitrogen runoff from farming to fight annual 'dead zones' in major bodies of water
Jan 04, 2018 |
