With Banoo, a fisheries technology startup designed by UGM alumni and students, UGM became one of the champions of the Pancasila Achievement Appreciation Icon organized by the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP) on 29 August 2020. BPIP nominated the team for their innovations in the science and innovation category to increase productivity and fish farmers’ welfare.
The Banoo team itself consisted of 5 UGM students and alumni, Lakshita Aliva Zein (Fisheries 2016), Fajar Sidik Abdullah Kelana (Mechanical Engineering 2012), Azellia Alma Shafira (Management 2016), Muhammad Adlan Hawari (Electronics and Instrumentation 2015), and Fakhrudin Hary. Santoso (Fisheris Technology 2015) developed a microbubble generator equipped with IoT-based sensors to empower fish farmers in Indonesia.
Lakshita Aliva Zein said that they developed the innovative work in the form of microbubble generator technology to improve pool water quality with the support of the Internet-of-Things (IoT). It is called a sensor that functions to activate the microbubble generator automatically. “MBG technology can increase the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water to enhance fish growth, accelerate the harvest period, and increase the income of fish farmers,” Lakshita said to reporters on Tuesday (15/9).
She said that the technology they have developed since 2018 can hopefully be a solution to the problems existing in fish farmers regarding the availability of oxygen in the water. “We hope Banoo’s innovation will positively impact Indonesian society and help the fisheries sector at a macro level,” she explained.
This technology had been applied before and assisted by the CSR provider, namely PT. Pertamina (Persero). Fish farmer group Varia Mina Makmur from Dusun Pereng Dawe enjoyed the benefits. Besides, Banoo has received various achievements, including winning the People’s Choice Award at the 2019 Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge and being a finalist in the global competition, namely the Thought For Food and MIT Sustainable Food System Challenge in 2020.
