Seven Indonesian Students Win Gold at IPITEx 2026 through SoilPIN Technology Innovation

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Digital appreciates the achievement of seven Indonesian students who managed to win the Gold Medal at the Bangkok International Intellectual Property, Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition or IPITEx 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Through the SoilPIN technology, the seven outstanding students created a tool to help farmers quickly know the soil conditions, directly on the land, and based on a mobile application.

With a portable pin shape, this tool measures eight soil parameters such as pH, moisture, temperature, salinity, as well as the N, P, and K nutrients. Later, the data will be sent directly to the application and analyzed by AI.

Director General of Digital Ecosystems at the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Edwin Hidayat Abdullah, said that this achievement shows that Indonesian youth are able to read real problems and answer them with technology.

"SoilPIN is an example of how digitization can provide direct benefits for farmers and the environment. Farmers often make decisions without accurate soil data. SoilPIN gives quick answers in the field. That's what we're after," said Edwin in an official statement quoted Wednesday, January 14.

Meanwhile, the Director of Digital Ecosystem Development of the Digital Ecosystem Directorate General of the Ministry of Komdigi, Sonny Sudaryana, stated that the SoilPIN idea was being connected to public needs through the Garuda Spark Innovation Hub.

"We designed Garuda Spark so that innovation does not stop at the race. We help solutions like SoilPIN be used by farmers, tested in the field, and developed into a product that is widely beneficial," said Sonny.

Before appearing in Bangkok, SoilPIN was tested in Bandung and Jakarta. This innovation has also obtained copyright protection from the Indonesian Ministry of Law.

This achievement shows that public solutions can be born from young talent. With the right ecosystem, simple AI-based technology can answer food and environmental problems in a tangible way.