Agriculture stakeholders, programmers, developers and data scientists are invited to come together in Nairobi, Kenya this July for a two-day hackathon aimed at finding technological solutions for smallholder farmers in East Africa as they adapt to changing conditions.
Amerra Capital Management, a New York-based agribusiness asset manager, has acquired more than 90 percent of the Andromeda Group, a Mediterranean aquaculture company.
Consumer demand for legal cannabis has fueled technological development in the indoor agriculture industry as a whole, according to a new report from Newbean Capital.
The Netherlands-based Youth Food Movement and InnoLeaps have partnered to bring to life The Food Ecosystem Accelerator.
The International Food Policy Research Institute’s 2016 Global Food Policy Report examines major food policy developments and events over the past 12 months and looks at the key challenges and opportunities for the upcoming year.
The UK spin out of pharmaceutical company Redx Pharma, is partnering with agrochemical companies to discover new ag chemical compounds.
Israeli startup Saturas has secured $1 million to develop its precision irrigation sensor technology for permanent crops.
2 Female Agtech Entrepreneurs were selected by their peers to receive investment from VilCap Investments and Radicle Capital.
RFD-TV and The Weather Channel have launched the Farm & Ranch Forecast as a “tool” to help farmers make everyday decisions.
Indian business incubator CIIE, which was responsible for India’s first agtech accelerator, contributed to the funding round alongside two angel investors.
Grownetics raised funding from cannabis-focused VC Phyto Partners to expand its early stage sensor and data analytics technology.
Ag data and analytics technology companies continued to attract investment capital last week with a $5.5m Series A for Farmobile and a $1.2m seed funding round for S4.
The university wants to help launch startups from the research conducted on its campus which is focused on advancing crop traits and generating higher yields.
Americans need better access to healthy food to lower risk of Covid-19 complications