A project to cultivate without land, one to empower farmers and another that is the Airbnb of food are the 3 projects of Tec de Monterrey students who advanced to the next phase of the Hult Prize 2021.
All 3 teams won their direct pass to an accelerator al overcome the international stage regional of this contest, whose current edition focuses on world food security with the theme “Food of good”.
“This award (Hult Prize) is known as the ‘Nobel Prize’ of the students”, said Graciela de la Cruz, coordinator in the area of Social Entrepreneurship of Tec.
“Is a platform that supports the new generations to social changes through a project of social entrepreneurship”added.
1. HONEY: food crops without land use
HONEY it’s a draft that seeks to generate a radical change in the agriculture with a culture matrix that allows you to harvest various fruits and vegetables without the use of land and in a sustainable way.
Arena Serrano, Daniela Sánchez, Annie Rosas and Monserrath Martínez are the Toluca campus students Y EXATEC that head this draft.
To achieve this undertaking, the team made use of a organic and biodegradable film that cut inputs in half What water, fertilizers and pesticides.
Is technology is adaptable and can also be used in traditional agricultural soils.
“We want to change the world with HONEY, what is going to revolutionize food production and goes to change agriculture as we know it “, commented Arena, a student from Biotechnology on Toluca campus.
2. CHANCE: project to capitalize farmers
Chance is he social entrepreneurship what seeks reverse rural impoverishment with opportunities to the field and farmers.
The project unites 2 startups:
- Seed capital, a Fintech that seeks to finance agricultural producers.
- Fruit and herbs, a store that sells fruits, vegetables, meat and cheese at home.
This merger It seeks to capitalize on the field and bring it closer to the final consumer, eliminating the intermediaries.
The project is headed by Mariano Castillo, Angel Ochoategui, Mitzi Joana Espinosa and Santiago Argott, from Cuernavaca campus.
“With this project we contribute to the social mortgage when searching improve people’s quality of life. More than an achievement, it’s a responsibility”, reflected Angel Ochoategui.
3. PALADARTE: the airbnb of food
This project consists of connect people looking to receive a gastronomic experience, with those hosts with culinary talent, through a platform.
In this way, anyone with talent in the kitchen can win a extra income al offer their dishes, while the customers they live one culinary experience al eat something typical region of.
Marco Maes, Jimena González, Alexa Dersdepanian Díaz and Juan Pablo Cervantes are the Santa Fe campus students what they created Paladarte.
“To understand a little better: we are a company similar a Airbnb, except that the host instead of receiving people to sleep at his house, receives them to eat”Explained the team.
Innovation projects with social impact
Graciela de la Cruz says to have three Tec equipment Advancing to the next phase of this contest means that you are fulfilling the vision to form students who are agents of change.
“Their innovational projects of entrepreneurship they seek to go beyond economic value, always considering positively impact society.
“This type of calls offer multiple growth opportunities not only to project level, but also to personal level”, he pointed.
“Beyond the enriching competition experience, is the exercise of share these experiences and practices with other teams, social entrepreneurs and academics at a global level ”, concluded.
What is the Hult Prize?
Hult Prize is a Foundation that promotes the social entrepreneurship through programs, activities and events and a prize of 1 million dollars to develop a project.
“Each year they participate in this contest more than 25 thousand students. Born as a initiative from Bill Clinton supported by Hult International Business School and it has become a whole movement of young people from all over the world that collaborates with the HIM-HER-IT“said Graciela de la Cruz.
In 2019 the Mexican team Rutopia made up of students from Tec he won world first place and received the million dollars in the final event in the United Nations, In New York.
With information from Wendy Gutiérrez, Melissa Arizmendi and Fany Bustos
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