Johan Wendt and Carrol Plummer, co-founders of IRRIOT and Vivent Biosignals respectively met during the Mass Challenge EIT Food Accelerator Network in 2020. Recognizing the potential synergy between their technologies, they know they can provide superior solutions for farmers.

In 2021, both companies secured funding through the EIPAGRI program from the Rural Development Programme in Sweden. Their goal? To develop bio intelligent irrigation and fertilizer systems for field-grown strawberries and other horticulture crops.

Over the past three years, the teams have collaborated closely, monitored two full crop seasons of berry crops for Farmers in Sweden and successfully integrated their systems, allowing crops to be irrigated using plant biosignals. Vivent Biosignals has developed new algorithms for early detection of nutrient deficiencies, while Irriot has continually enhanced the ability to integrate new data sources in their control systems and user interfaces.

Vivent Biosignals is thrilled to share that the results of the joint development have been shared with farmers and policy makers in webinars, in-person sessions and social media. Interested in learning more about Biointelligent Irrigation or the insights available from plant Biosignals? Reach out to Irriot or Vivent Biosignals directly.