NASA Space Apps 2026 challenge
Field Shift: Adapting Farms with NASA Data
Subjects: Arts & Multimedia · Earth Science · Software
Summary
Farmers around the world navigate shifting temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, water shortages, extreme weather, and declining soil health. These pressures make it difficult to choose crop rotations that protect fields, conserve water, and support long‑term resilience. Your challenge is to create a decision‑support tool that uses NASA Earth observations along with local soil information, crop characteristics, and farmer priorities to help farmers explore rotation strategies that could strengthen soil health and adapt their farms to changing conditions.
The full challenge statement, with its data and resources, is published on 28 October. Until then, you can read this summary, talk it over with your team and plan, but the Space Apps rules say no work on the project itself before the hackathon starts.
From the NASA Space Apps Challenge. The official page is the final word on this challenge.