SALCC HACKATHON Team Greenhouse
Twenty-seven (27) persons competed in a Digital Agriculture Hackathon, a collaboration between Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), on Thursday August 7.
The participants were a combination of SALCC students and staff, agri-entrepreneurs, Ministry of Agriculture technicians, tech entrepreneurs and agri technicians.
SALCC HACKATHON Hot Eggs Team
They were divided into three teams and assigned a unique challenge on the SALCC farm:
- The Smell of Success – Improving piggery waste management for efficiency, environmental health, and potential revenue generation.
- Hot Eggs – Reducing heat stress in poultry production to maintain bird health and egg yields.
- More Greenhouses, More Problems – Managing heat, pathogens, and labour demands in an extended tunnel greenhouse.
SALCC HACKATHON Sancha Meliat awards Greenhouse team member
Ultimately, the greenhouse management team emerged as the overall winner. Their solution combined climate monitoring sensors, enhanced ventilation design, and structured sanitation protocols to mitigate heat stress, control pathogens, and optimize labour efficiency in the extended greenhouse.
The judging panel considered the solution a stand-out submission due to its “practicality, scalability, and clear alignment with sustainable farm management.”
