Despite weak evidence for its efficacy, routine ‘preventative’ livestock antibiotic dosing is still common in many countries, says animal health co Genics.
Funding in Novel Farming Systems—an AgFunder category spanning indoor farming, insect ag, aquaculture, and algae production—fell off a cliff last year.
Entobel says it will demonstrate that “it’s possible to produce industrial volumes of insect protein at a competitive cost… and we expect this factory will be profitable early next year.”
Aquaconnect will use the new capital to build up its product portfolio for both pre-harvest and post-harvest services for the aquaculture industry.
Moleaer will use its Series C funding to increase the availability of its proprietary nanobubble equipment and address water shortages.
Tilapia farming can help feed sub-Saharan Africa’s booming population. But investment in everything from basic infrastructure to technology is needed first.
Koh Poh Koon, the country’s senior minister for trade and industry, unveiled the grant scheme while visiting local indoor farming startup Singrow.
Hatch is inviting startups to apply for the fourth cohort of its aquaculture-focused program, which has accelerated the likes of Finless Foods and Jala.
The women-led startup is tackling wastewater in aquaculture while selling a valuable silica extract with applications in multiple industries.
A UN FAO report also showed that global aquaculture production is catching up with catch-based production systems.
Executives said that the freshly-launched ASA — the Aquaculture Station by Adisseo, to use its full name — will focus on nutrition, aquatic animal health, and aquatic science technologies.
Indian VC firm Omnivore tells AFN that aquaculture tech app Aquaconnect has raised a $1.1m seed round from Omnivore and HATCH. Read on to find out more.
Canadian startup XpertSea hopes its portable technology will replace some of the antiquated methods that many producers still use in the world’s biggest animal protein
**UPDATED: MARCH 27, 13:55 ET. Added additional Aqua-Spark investment announced today, and corrected Aqua-Spark’s assets under management to €72.5m** BioFishency, an aquaculture filtration technology startup,
Israeli aquaculture startup ViAqua has closed a new round of funding with Singapore-based VisVires New Protein, which is a global fund focusing exclusively on disruptive
CageEye’s echo-sounder technology uses software and hardware to track acoustic data in a fish cage, while relying on machine learning to measure and analyze biomass movements.
1- Introduction FairAgora Asia is a Bangkok-based consultancy firm supporting agribusiness on their journey to compliance and certification. The company created Verifik8, a technology, and
Umitron, an Asian startup using satellite imagery, IoT, and automation to increase the efficiency of offshore aquaculture, raised the funding from the Japanese government and a Japanese venture capital firm.
The intern will be responsible of Verifk8 technology implementation on sugar cane farms and shrimp farms for the pilot phase. The intern will mostly work
The Aquaculture Project executive will be exposed to the key sustainability right issues in seafood supply chain, working alongside with the farmers, processing plants and
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