{"version":"1","article":{"id":"reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","slug":"reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026?lang=en","title":"Twenty-two teams build AI prototypes for farming and food loss at Qatar hackathon","summary":"The four-day Reboot the Earth event hosted by CMU-Q drew 110 participants from across Qatar. Twenty-two teams produced working prototypes for crop suitability or cold-chain monitoring to reduce food loss.","category":"agriculture","region":"world","topics":["ai","food"],"published_at":"2026-10-10T20:27:35+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T20:27:35+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-23","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar","url":"https://www.qatar.cmu.edu/news/cmuq-hosts-reboot-the-earth-hackathon/","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","publishedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/reboot-earth-qatar-ai-agriculture-hackathon-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) said in a 1 October release that Reboot the Earth 2026 took place in Qatar from 23 to 26 September. The four-day hackathon was led by the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology and the Food and Agriculture Organization, and hosted by CMU-Q. It brought together 110 participants from Qatar, including high-school and university students and industry professionals, in 22 teams.","Under a sustainability and environmental innovation theme, teams worked on two challenges: using AI to assess land and crop suitability, or monitoring cold chains to reduce food loss. CMU-Q said all 22 teams built and deployed functional prototypes and that two teams were named co-champions. The event confirms prototype development; the release gives no evidence that the tools entered commercial use or produced a measured reduction in food loss."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The four-day Reboot the Earth event hosted by CMU-Q drew 110 participants from across Qatar. Twenty-two teams produced working prototypes for crop suitability or cold-chain monitoring to reduce food loss.\n\nCarnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) said in a 1 October release that Reboot the Earth 2026 took place in Qatar from 23 to 26 September. The four-day hackathon was led by the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology and the Food and Agriculture Organization, and hosted by CMU-Q. It brought together 110 participants from Qatar, including high-school and university students and industry professionals, in 22 teams.\n\nUnder a sustainability and environmental innovation theme, teams worked on two challenges: using AI to assess land and crop suitability, or monitoring cold chains to reduce food loss. CMU-Q said all 22 teams built and deployed functional prototypes and that two teams were named co-champions. The event confirms prototype development; the release gives no evidence that the tools entered commercial use or produced a measured reduction in food loss.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"}}}