Competition Theme
This competition features an open theme with no restrictions on content, soliciting innovative and creative smart agriculture projects with a global perspective. Submitted projects must address the diverse agricultural realities and key challenges faced by rural communities worldwide.
The fundamental goal is to significantly enhance agricultural production efficiency, improve the livelihoods and well-being of agricultural practitioners, and provide robust technological and project support for sustainable rural development plans in China and globally.
Participants & Awards
Student Track / Innovation Voyage Group
Participants
Students (including undergraduates, postgraduates and doctoral students) enrolled in colleges and vocational schools worldwide (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).
Awards
Award | Description | Prize |
---|---|---|
Grand Prize | 1 winner | US$10,000 |
First Prize | 1 winner | US$1,000 |
Second Prize | 1 winner | US$500 |
Third Prize | 6 winners | Honorary certificate |
Team Requirements
Participants must participate as a team, with each team consisting of no more than 5 members and 1 to 2 instructors.
The team must include at least 1 undergraduate student.
Cross-departmental, interdisciplinary, and inter-organizational collaboration is highly encouraged.
Open Track / Industry Practice Group
Participants
Enterprises, institutions, scientific research institutes, social organizations, independent developers and other individuals or teams committed to the innovation and practice of smart agriculture in the field of global smart agriculture.
Note: Teams that are mainly composed of students should choose the student track.
Incentives and opportunities
Honorary Certification: Outstanding projects will be awarded by the Smart Agriculture Branch of the China Association of Agricultural Science Societies.
Results display: Winning projects will have the opportunity to be publicly displayed or road showed at the "2025 Smart Agriculture Industry-Academia-Research Ecosystem Summit".
Matchmaking opportunities: The organizing committee will actively recommend outstanding projects to match with investment institutions, industrial parks, and partners.
Base demonstration: High-quality projects will have the opportunity to be demonstrated and displayed at the smart farm base of Huazhong Agricultural University.
Prize: There are no cash prizes for this track.
Team Requirements
Team-based participation is encouraged, with each team consisting of no more than 5 members.
Diverse team composition is encouraged.
The team can include students currently enrolled in academic institutions, but it is not mandatory.
Competition Process
2025.05.10 - 2025.05.31
2025.06.01 - 2025.08.10
2025.08.11 - 2025.08.15
2025.08.16 - 2025.08.19
Smart Agriculture Branch Annual Conference 2025 (Exact dates to be determined)
Smart Agriculture Branch Annual Conference 2025 (Exact dates to be determined)
Competition Rules
Basic requirements for participation and works
Participants must complete registration within the officially specified period.
Entries must be legally compliant, positive, and free of inappropriate content or excessive commercial promotion.
Upon submission, participants grant the Organizing Committee non-exclusive rights to publicly display, compile, publish, promote, and disseminate the entries.
Entries should follow the open-source principles, award-winning projects will be displayed on relevant designated websites or platforms.
If the entries refer to or quote other people's works, codes, models, documents or third-party data, the source must be clearly indicated in the work description document.
Submission Specifications
When submitting their works, participating teams must provide a completed "Participating Team Personnel Information Registration Form", a detailed description document of the entry, a presentation PPT for displaying creative solutions, and other necessary supporting materials.
Please save all submissions in a compressed folder. The name format of the compressed file is: "Competition team name - work name". Please send the compressed file as an email attachment to the official designated email address of the competition: smartagri@mail.hzau.edu.cn. The email title format should be: "The 2025 International Smart Agriculture Creative Competition - Competition team name - work name".
Evaluation Mechanism
The evaluation of the entries will be carried out by a evaluation committee composed of senior experts, scholars and industry representatives in the field of smart agriculture invited by the competition organizing committee.
The review process will strictly follow the principles of "openness, fairness and impartiality".
Main evaluation indicators
Overall creativity and innovation
Application value and feasibility
Quality of description and presentation of works
Activity Background
At the beginning of 2025, Huazhong Agricultural University, together with a number of domestic leading institutions, jointly promoted the establishment of the Smart Agriculture Branch of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Science, aiming to build an innovative platform for the deep integration of industry, academia and research.
Under the guidance of the branch, Huazhong Agricultural University and Yunnan Agricultural University jointly hosted the "the Inaugural International Smart Agriculture Innovation Competition 2025", fully funded by Huazhong Agricultural University.
The "2025 Smart Agriculture Industry-Academia-Research Ecosystem Summit and Inaugural International Smart Agriculture Innovation Competition" will be held in Yunnan Agricultural University (Kunming) in August 2025.
Organizational Structure
Guidance Unit
Smart Agriculture Branch, Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies
Host Institutions
Huazhong Agricultural University, Yunnan Agricultural University
Organizing Institutions
College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University
Smart Agriculture Academy, Huazhong Agricultural University
College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University
Contact Us
Smart Agriculture Branch, Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies
Huazhong Agricultural University
Yunnan Agricultural University
908411780
Song Ci
Phone: 027-87282131
smartagri@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Registration
Register for the competition by filling out the form below or by sending an email to: smartagri@mail.hzau.edu.cn