Report: Cutting Pesticides Won’t Damage Profits for 77% of French Farms
May 2, 2017
A study of 946 farms in France has shown that pesticide use can be significantly reduced without lowering yields or profitability.
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Aquaculture’s $100bn Feed Challenge Presents Big Opportunity for Entrepreneurs
April 19, 2017
The search is on for a sustainable alternative to the 30 million tons of wild caught fish that are currently used to feed farmed fish.
Why Securing Funds for Biotech Innovators is a ‘Different’ Challenge
April 18, 2017
Joško Bobanović, partner at VC Sofinnova Partners, discusses the nuances of investing in industrial biotech, the impact of Brexit, and the challenges some biotech companies face in finding financing.
Agrisoma Biosciences Raises $15.4m Series B for Sustainable Bio-based Jet Fuel & Animal Feed
April 11, 2017
The Quebec-based company that’s developing and selling Carinata seed, raised the funding to support the company’s global expansion.
Government Mind Games are Driving Investors Away from Biofuel & Other Bio-Based Projects
April 10, 2017
Investors want to know that the rules around bio-based projects aren’t going to change on them, and that’s where today’s governments have a significant role to play, according to speakers at the World Bio Markets (WBM) conference.
5 Questions with Anterra Capital’s Adam Anders
March 23, 2017
If you’re a budding innovator, you won’t succeed in commercializing your idea without a great management team in place, irrespective of how good your original idea may be, argues Adam Anders from Anterra Capital.
EU PiG Innovation Group Launches to Stop Member Countries Repeating New Tech Research, Award EU PiG Grand Prix
March 14, 2017
European Union pig industry researchers and development specialists are set to examine more than 300 innovation ideas over the next three months as part of a 13-country project
Belgian Startup Using Llama Antibodies for Biopesticides Increases Series B to $11.6m
March 9, 2017
The extension in funding has given AgroSavfe a prime slot within Sofinnova’s newly-launched, €106 million Industrial Biotech Fund that closed last week.
Microalgae-based Aquaculture Vaccine Tech Wins Nutreco Feed Tech Challenge
February 24, 2017
MicroSynbiotiX, a startup creating a novel oral delivery process for fish, has won the Nutreco Feed Tech Challenge.
Agribusiness Innovators in Southeast Asia: USAID Wants to Partner with You!
February 15, 2017
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has issued a call to agribusiness innovators working in Southeast Asia’s ag industry to submit expressions of interest
Crowdfooding CEO: Why Funding Food and Drink Startups is So Difficult
February 9, 2017
Securing funding for food and drink start-ups is more difficult than doing the same job for innovators in other industries, according to Alessio D’Antino, CEO and co-founder of Crowdfooding UK.
ICYMI: 3 Things You Missed at the Rothamsted Open Innovation Forum for Agritech
January 26, 2017
The aim of ROIF 2017 was to foster collaboration between industry, research, and the agritech startup community to solve agriculture’s biggest challenges.
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