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Rapid and Non-invasive Egg Sex Indentification Using Artficially Intelligent Platform

Multidimensional Spectral Mapping for Sex Determination of Avian Eggs

Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize

Orbem.ai: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meets Artificial Intelligence for Automated and Non-invasive in Ovo Sex Determination

Innovative Techniques for Fast in Ovo Sexing in Poultry By Detection of Gender Specific Volatiles

En-ovo Sex Determination By Fiber Optic Volatiles Analysis and Machine Learning

A Microchip-based Chemical Sensor For Early-Stage in Ovo Sex Determination of Layer Chicks

Advancing Apple Production Systems to Boost Health-Promoting Phytochemicals in Fruit

A practical phenotypic solution to reduce keel and skeletal bone damage in laying hens

Impacts of the rearing environment on keel bone integrity, spatial awareness abilities of laying hens

Addressing keel bone fractures in laying hens housed in cage-free aviary systems using nutrition and management interventions

Toward Responsible Pacific Bluefin Tuna Mariculture in the United States: Captive Reproduction, Hatchery Research and Product

Consumer Understanding of Advances in Animal Welfare

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Bioindicators for A Sustainable Future: Dancing Honey Bees Communicate Habitats’ Ability to Feed Pollinators

FFAR award amount   $614,067

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $1,228,134

Matching Funders   Virginia Tech

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Researchers are examining pollinator behavior in different landscapes to determine where and when supplemental forage is most needed to nourish pollinator populations. The research team is also exploring whether honey bee recruitment behavior, which is how a worker tells her nestmates where she collected food, is a reliable indicator of a viable habitat for native pollinators.

Advancing Apple Production Systems to Boost Health-Promoting Phytochemicals in Fruit

FFAR award amount   $300,000

Year Awarded   2019

Total award amount   $600,000

Location   Blacksburg, VA

Matching Funders   Virginia Tech University

Fruits and vegetables offer great benefits to our health but can be easily comprised by environmental impacts. Virginia Tech University research team is developing new ecologically based management practices for apples that can boost the content of health-promoting phytochemicals in fruit.

A Microchip-based Chemical Sensor For Early-Stage in Ovo Sex Determination of Layer Chicks

FFAR award amount   $400,000

Year Awarded   2019

Total award amount   $400,000

Location   Davis, CA

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy

Program   Egg-Tech Prize

As only female chicks are used for egg production, male chicks are culled after hatching. FFAR's Egg-Tech Prize is developing technology that can determine a chick’s sex before it hatches so male egg can be used for other purposes. SensIT Venture Inc. researchers are developing a chemical sensor chip to detect the volatiles and using machine learning to classify the eggs by gender. This project is one of the six Phase I winners, who received funding to develop the necessary technology to compete for the Prize.

En-ovo Sex Determination By Fiber Optic Volatiles Analysis and Machine Learning

FFAR award amount   $396,763

Year Awarded   2019

Total award amount   $396,763

Location   Gainesville, FL

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy

Program   Egg-Tech Prize

As only female chicks are used for egg production, male chicks are culled after hatching. FFAR's Egg-Tech Prize is developing technology that can determine a chick’s sex before it hatches so male egg can be used for other purposes. US Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service researchers are using fiber optics and machine learning to analyze of volatiles and determine differences between male and female eggs. This project is one of the six Phase I winners, who received funding to develop the necessary technology to compete for the Prize.

Innovative Techniques for Fast in Ovo Sexing in Poultry By Detection of Gender Specific Volatiles

FFAR award amount   $316,370

Year Awarded   2019

Total award amount   $650,842

Location   Belgium

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy

Program   Egg-Tech Prize

As only female chicks are used for egg production, male chicks are culled after hatching. FFAR's Egg-Tech Prize is developing technology that can determine a chick’s sex before it hatches so male egg can be used for other purposes. KU Leuven scientists are developing a non-invasive ovo sexing technique that registers volatile organic compounds passing that pass through the eggshell during incubation. This project is one of the six Phase I winners, who received funding to develop the necessary technology to compete for the Prize.

Multidimensional Spectral Mapping for Sex Determination of Avian Eggs

FFAR award amount   $269,030

Year Awarded   2019

Total award amount   $457,919

Location   Morrisville, NC

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy

Program   Egg-Tech Prize

As only female chicks are used for egg production, male chicks are culled after hatching. FFAR's Egg-Tech Prize is developing technology that can determine a chick’s sex before it hatches so male egg can be used for other purposes. Researchers at Microsale Devices LLC are using multidimensional spectral mapping technology that shoots waves of light at the egg and detects the refracted light patterns. Artificial intelligence will be employed to develop an optical fingerprint, or signature, that can determine the sex of eggs. This project is one of the six Phase I winners, who received funding to develop the necessary technology to compete for the Prize.

Orbem.ai: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meets Artificial Intelligence for Automated and Non-invasive in Ovo Sex Determination

FFAR award amount   $400,000

Year Awarded   2019

Total award amount   $1,149,911

Location   Germany

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy

Program   Egg-Tech Prize

As only female chicks are used for egg production, male chicks are culled after hatching. FFAR's Egg-Tech Prize is developing technology that can determine a chick’s sex before it hatches so male egg can be used for other purposes. Scientists at Orbem Ai are developing specialized technology to examine the organ development of embryos and detect physical differences between the males and females. This project is one of the six Phase I winners, who received funding to develop the necessary technology to compete for the Prize.

Rapid and Non-invasive Egg Sex Indentification Using Artficially Intelligent Platform

FFAR award amount   $400,000

Year Awarded   2019

Total award amount   $400,000

Location   Minneapolis, MN

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy

Program   Egg-Tech Prize

As only female chicks are used for egg production, male chicks are culled after hatching. FFAR's Egg-Tech Prize is developing technology that can determine a chick’s sex before it hatches so male egg can be used for other purposes. A University of Minnesota researcher is analyzing 3D scanner to analyze the geometric shape of the eggs and the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to identify the sex of the egg. This project is one of the six Phase I winners, who received funding to develop the necessary technology to compete for the Prize.

Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize

FFAR award amount   $100,000

Year Awarded   2018

Total award amount   $200,000

Location   Washington, DC

Matching Funders   Land O’Lakes International Development

Experts estimate that in three years the fall armyworm could cause between $2-$6 billion in losses for maize, an African staple crop. In partnership with U.S. Agency for International Development, FFAR awarded the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize to six winners for digital innovations that help farmers manage the spread of fall armyworm.

Toward Responsible Pacific Bluefin Tuna Mariculture in the United States: Captive Reproduction, Hatchery Research and Product

FFAR award amount   $945,735

Year Awarded   2018

Total award amount   $2,978,942

Location   West Des Moines, IA

Matching Funders   Ichthus Unlimited, LLC, Texas A&M, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Illinois Soybean Foundation, San Diego Port

At only three percent of its original population, Pacific Bluefin Tuna are on the verge of being placed on the endangered species list. Ichthus Unlimited, LLC is cultivating Pacific Bluefin Tuna eggs to grow juvenile fish, which can then mature on tuna farms. Acquiring tuna eggs from hatcheries, rather than the wild, would reduce overfishing and help stabilize the wild population.

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