Food security is top of mind in Singapore, which imports most of its food, but are policymakers connecting it to climate change?
The Middle East, Africa and South Asia have many ties between them that create a huge market opportunity for agrifoodtech.
“The past 10 years were the equivalent of the late 1990s for the internet. Now is the equivalent of the dot com crash,” says Eric Archambeau, partner at Astanor.
Irrigation management startup Kilimo recently adjusted its business model to focus on “water neutrality” for corporates.
Ahead of the ftalks Food Summit in Spain, Givaudan exec Alexandre Bastos explains why he’s so optimistic about our food system.
It’s been quite a journey for David Friedberg since this game-changing deal and he’s now better known for being a “bestie” on the All-In Podcast. But how did it come about? How did they reach that elusive valuation, and what’s next for agrifoodtech?
We’ve all felt the impacts of climate change this season but they’re especially pronounced in Africa; of the 20 nations ranked as most vulnerable to climate change, all but four are African. Meanwhile acute food insecurity has dramatically increased in the past year.
As smartphones have proliferated and technological advancements have enabled more transparency around agricultural products and pricing, farmers are gaining more trust in online tools as a means to do business and improve their finances.
Combining their expertise in agriculture supply chains and capital markets, husband and wife team Aline and Fabricio Pezente faced some challenges raising funding in the early days.
The agrifoodtech industry has descended into a high school movie-style food fight. It’s not only off-putting but is emerging as a dangerous cancel culture for farming and food production practices rather than people.
We’re building our presence in Latin America, starting with our inaugural investment report launch in Brazil in two weeks’ time, and we’re looking for reporters and data analysts to help.
The Latin American agtech startup ecosystem may have been slow to emerge compared to other regions in the world but in recent years, increasing numbers of startups from the region have hit the market regionally and overseas. How is that translating into adoption?
While many commentators have likened carbon offsetting to the Wild West of agriculture for a while now, the cracks are now starting to show with the fall from grace of key certifying body Verra and other questionable initiatives. I discussed this and more with panelists at the recent Hack Summit.
When the team at NCH Agriculture, a $1bn agriculture investment business, founded Agroprosperis in 2006, they didn’t have a plan and understood little about farming. Today Agroprosperis is the largest producer of crops in the Black Sea region, and is returning 15% a year to its investors.
Despite the overall growth of investment and interest over the past 10 years, funding for agtech remains a small slice of the overall pie.
AFN caught up with Klim CEO Robert Gerlach in San Francisco last month to learn more about their work, how the European market compares to the US, and whether the potential for carbon farming and markets is over-hyped.
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a new tool for agriculture impact investment funds to measure the impact of their investments against others.
The macro headwinds startups face right now are also driving more interest in agrifoodtech as a solution to some of today’s most pressing climate issues.
New frontiers in biotechnology and fermentation are being deployed to reduce the environmental impact of our animal-based food system. But do developments in cellular agriculture take ethics into account?
Could you design a US food system without European influences? What might we learn from indigenous peoples to ensure food sovereignty and reverse our climate crisis?
Smoke & mirrors, not worth the extra cost: 50 US farmers speak out on carbon markets