Ponta Grossa students win Ideathon 2026 regional stage

Students from Ponta Grossa won the regional stage of Ideathon 2026 held in Palmeira, Brazil. The competition, promoted by Sistema FAEP, challenged technical agricultural students to find efficient ways to apply pesticides while reducing waste, costs, and environmental impacts.

The first-place winner was Colégio Estadual Agrícola Augusto Ribas, which proposed a bioherbicide for the preventive control of buva, an invasive weed. The second-place position went to Colégio Agrícola da Lapa for a platform connecting producers with spraying specialists, while the third-place prize was awarded to Centro Estadual de Educação Profissional Agrícola Getúlio Vargas for a sensor and app-based equipment regulation solution.