Developing a smartphone-based grain quality assurance tool
Accelerated Innovation
Consortium Contribution
$763,917
Cluster Contribution
$625,023
Grain Discovery
Inarix
Sevita International
Goal
To develop a smartphone-based grain quality assurance tool for grain farmers
Project Summary
By leveraging AI, specifically computer vision and machine learning algorithms, the project partners will provide options to complement grain testing methods with a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.
Once developed, the platform will allow users to take a photo of a soybean sample using a standard smartphone and receive an AI-generated quality assessment in under 20 seconds. By delivering consistent, scalable and real-time results, the tool will help improve information flow throughout the grain value chain—from field to export—and support more marketing opportunities for Canadian farmers.
The AI app will analyze high-resolution images to provide consistent, high-quality assessments of soybeans. Key features of the platform include:
- Real-time, standardized assessments of soybean variety;
- Enhanced traceability and transparency for grain buyers and processors; and
- Increased accessibility with tools designed for smartphone use across rural regions.
Grain Discovery will lead the commercialization and market deployment of a solution that will include the AI technological brick developed and provided by Inarix, while Sevita International will contribute critical historical data and serve as the primary pilot site for real-world testing and validation.
