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Smart Agriculture Living Lab

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Smart Agriculture Living Lab: Test and Validate Your Smart Solution

Located on the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Vancouver campus, the UBC Smart Farm offers a unique living lab for smart agriculture innovation. Their certified organic research facility provides 5 hectares of ideal testing space for agricultural tech solutions.

As part of UBC’s Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, the Smart Agriculture Living Lab combines academic research with practical growing operations, providing a valuable opportunity for your organization to collect detailed data and validate your agricultural technology in real-world environments.

What’s Offered at the Smart Agriculture Living Lab

The Smart Agriculture Living Lab allows your organization to test and develop your agricultural technology solution on small-scale, research-focused organic farm plots.

The lab combines real-world farming environments featuring seasonal crops like strawberries, blueberries, and apples with cutting-edge connectivity infrastructure, including LTE and 5G networks across multiple frequency bands.

You’ll gain access to enterprise-grade hardware such as SIM cards, 5G modules, and specialized routers, plus Class C airspace for aerial testing capabilities.

The Smart Agriculture Living Lab provides physical infrastructure and expert agricultural research services, creating an ideal ecosystem where technology meets sustainable farming practices to support your agtech solution.

*All project proposals are welcome. Please let us know how your company can benefit from the Living Lab.

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Potential Project Types at the Smart Agriculture Living Lab

The Smart Agriculture Living Lab supports numerous agriculture innovations, from ground-based robotics to aerial monitoring systems. Startups can validate autonomous solutions for planting, weed management, pest detection, and harvesting across multiple crops, while testing precision cultivation and organic treatment applications in real field conditions.

The Smart Agriculture Living Lab facility also enables comprehensive drone technology validation, including crop health monitoring, disease detection, precision irrigation systems, yield prediction, and infrastructure assessment capabilities.

With integrated data collection opportunities spanning soil sensors, weather monitoring, and farm management software platforms, the Smart Agriculture Living Lab provides the perfect environment to develop and refine multi-platform agricultural systems that combine robotics, aerial surveillance, and data analytics into cohesive agtech solutions.

*All project submissions are welcome. Please let us know how your company can leverage the Living Lab.


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CENGN’s Full Technology Development Services

Prepare your innovation for market success with our comprehensive end-to-end list of AI and technology services, designed to support your innovation’s journey from concept to deployment.

Complete AI Development Stack

From data preparation and model development to user interface design and regulatory compliance, you’ll get access to integrated services across all layers of AI development. This comprehensive approach ensures AI solutions are not only technically robust but also user-friendly, compliant, and market-ready.

Specialized Testing & Hardware Solutions

Access cutting-edge testing facilities for robotics, IoT, and communication systems, plus flexible hardware-as-a-service options. Specialized testing services ensure your innovation performs flawlessly in real-world conditions, while rental programs provide cost-effective access to high-performance computing resources.

IP Protection and Certification Support

Navigate the complex landscape of intellectual property and AI governance with confidence. From patent filings to the ISO 42001 AI governance certification, these services help protect your innovations and ensure compliance with industry standards.

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Call For Proposals

Explore Available Project Funding and Proposals

View the Full List of CENGN’s Current Call for Proposals

Get the Funding You Need for Your Project

CENGN’s Living Labs initiative provides access to funding through two streams:

Innovation Projects

Startups and scaleups test and validate their solutions for market entry and commercial growth.

Up to $250,000 in funding available

Adoption Projects

Startups and scaleups partner with a prospective customer to validate their innovative solutions for the customer’s specific requirements.

Up to $500,000 in funding available

Learn More about CENGN’s Living Lab Initiative

Take on a Specialized CENGN Intern

Need Extra Support for Your Project?

Accelerate your project by accessing specialized talent through the CENGN Living Lab Internship Program.

Whether you need support before, during, or after your organization’s living lab project, CENGN’s internship program connects you with the critical technology and/or business skills to stay competitive.

Need help? CENGN can direct you to suitable funding agencies that can subsidize your internship costs. CENGN can also support you, from paperwork to student matching.

Learn More about Living Lab Internships

Does Your Company Qualify for a CENGN Project?

 

✅ Less than $50M in revenue

✅ Based in Canada, with fewer than 500 employees

✅ Technology level must be TRL 4 and above

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About the Living Lab Initiative and CENGN

Currently supported by the Canadian Government’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN) helps startups and scaleups bring their solutions to market. CENGN provides the resources and technical expertise to test and validate their innovative solutions while developing tech talent through its internship programs.

Since 2014, CENGN’s programs have created nearly 12,000 Canadian jobs, contributed $1.15 billion to Canada’s GDP, supported over 300 internships with a 97% employment rate, and completed over 230 commercialization projects to build Canada’s position and expertise in the global technology landscape.

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Do you have a question about the Smart Agriculture Living Lab or the CENGN Living Lab Initiative?

Kamal Hassin serves as CENGN’s Business Development Manager, where he oversees the Smart Agriculture Living Lab and supports innovative startups in scaling their operations. For questions about partnership opportunities or program applications, please contact Kamal directly at [email protected].

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