Innovation Competition
  1. All groups should procure their own material for the product innovation.
  2. The product innovation should focus on the development of agricultural or food hand tools.
  3. The presentation and judging of the product’s innovation will take part during the exhibition.
  4. The team must present a short description of the prototype within a maximum of 10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes for question and answer.
  5. The secretariat will provide a table (90 x 55 cm) and bunting tripod stand for A1 poster size. Participants are required to prepare a poster with PVC pipe for hanging purposes (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Bunting tripod stand for A1 poster size.

  1. Scoring criteria:

No.

Scoring criteria

Marks (%)

1

Presentation and demonstration

25

2

Product innovation

(a) Design

10

(b) User friendly (easy to handle and store)

10

(c) Cost effectiveness

10

(d) Marketable

10

(e) Novelty

5

TOTAL

70

  1. Teams must abide by all rules and regulations set forth by the organizers, and failure to do so may result in disqualification.
  2. Awards: All participants will be awarded either Gold, Silver or Bronze medals based on judges decisions
  3. By participating in the competition, participants agree to abide by these guidelines and the decisions of the judges are final.