Humberto Martínez Barrón won in the Emerging Talents category with his pitch on Breaking the Wall of Unsustainable Agriculture. Martínez Barrón developed a low-cost infrared spectral analyser that determines the nutrients present in the soil, optimising fertiliser allocation, increasing yield, and improving sustainable agriculture.
UNSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Humberto Martínez Barrón
NERIT'E
Humberto Martínez Barrón was born and raised in Mexico. Growing up, he was witness to disadvantages facing small Mexican farms with respect to larger farms in developing countries – disadvantages that often result in increased poverty. He decided to start looking for solutions, so Humberto studied Mechatronics Engineering and found that he could use science to empower farmers in his home country to optimize their crops while reducing their costs. Humberto has always had a passion for creating new things. Seeing the problems facing his generation in the next thirty years, he hopes he can help build a better future.