Hackathon
Connecting Consumer Nutrition from Plant to Plate.
IFA is pleased to be hosting our first Hackathon, powered by Farm Hack and Wageningen University & Research, hosted at the IFAMA World Conference Cork, Ireland or online, 18 & 19 June 2026.
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What is it?
Develop innovative solutions that track nutrient use efficiency across the entire food chain, from fertilizer application to human nutrition.
Industry leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, early career professionals, students and graduates, are all invited to take part in a unique global hackathon focused on one of the most pressing challenges in agriculture and food systems today.
Tracking Nutrients Across the Food System.
Agriculture produces enough food to feed the world. Yet nutrient use efficiency across the food system remains poorly tracked and understood. Today, data across fertilizer production, farming, food processing, and nutrition is fragmented. However, consumers demand more transparency on sustainability and nutrition and farmers lack incentives and tools to track and optimize nutrient use efficiency.
Improving nutrient use efficiency could unlock major benefits:
Reduce nutrient losses and their related environmental and climate impacts.
Improve nutritional outcomes for consumers.
Create premium markets for sustainable food.
Reward farmers for efficient practices.
Enable powerful data-driven insights across the food system.
This is a rapidly emerging innovation area for both fertilizer and food companies, and you can help shape it!
Full information and registration link here.
The Challenges.
Participants will work in teams on 4 targeted challenges, each focused on nutrient use efficiency tracking across agri-food systems. (Full challenge details coming soon).
01
On-Farm Nutrient Application Data Gaps.
02
Tracking Nutrient Losses and Transformations.
03
Consumer- and Post-Farmgate Nutrient Pathways.
04
Integration with Existing Digital Traceability Ecosystems.
Jack Keeys
IFA Innovation Hub Program Manager
If you have questions, contact Jack Keeys.
For more information and to register, click here.