The 7th Agritec Africa Conference was a three-day event showcasing agricultural technologies. Key sessions involved organic agriculture, soil health and its conservation, agri-mechanization and application of plasticulture.
In providing access to quality inputs, financing, and training, Good Nature Agro is aiming at ultimately helping Zambia’s farmers – the primary income earners in rural Zambia – transition to the middle class through higher incomes.
Hailing from Mali, Oumar Barou Togola wanted to give back to his home country in a way that empowered and subsequently increased incomes for the project’s benefactors – female smallholders. Thus the journey of Hello Savanna began.
The Lithuania-based startup is partnering with YesHealth Group to build and operate a network of farms across its home country and the wider Baltic region.
This is McCain’s second “Farm of the Future,” after noticing promising results from its first in Canada, which saw a 16% decline in use of synthetic fertilizer.
The financial services provider will support UK farmers with green loans and carbon audits.
Agri-SMEs in Africa and Southeast Asia need $160 billion in funding to tackle climate change; but they’re getting just a third of that, a new report says.
Nile, a fresh produce marketplace connecting farmers to enterprise buyers, will use the funds to expand beyond the Southern Africa region.
Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, is setting its sights further afield in DRC, Tanzania and Rwanda.
A bioeconomy approach to the utilization and conservation of biological resources can lead to “better nutrition and more resilient livelihoods” in Africa.
Eastern and Southern Europe have recently seen the entry of Tarfin and Agro.Club, two agri-fintechs that are expanding into new markets. These regions have sufficient data availability which can be used to localize risk algorithms. They also have a large population of small to medium-sized farmers.
The Israeli startup’s total seed funding now stands at $28 million.
The UK-based startup secured the funds from US investor Regenerate Ventures.
The French startup will use the funding to accelerate its expansion into North America.
Corteva Agriscience has recently invested in a South Africa-based seed treatment facility to help in developing healthier seeds and reducing yield loss.
It’s raising the insects on organic byproducts such as food waste, before converting them into proteins and oils for use in animal feed.
For Earth Day 2022, we explore some of Africa’s ecosystem enablers working to support and finance climate-smart agriculture startups.
Agrifood SMEs in Europe could do with some additional support from investors and industry – especially in terms of help with scaling-up, the report suggests.
It’s digitalizing Asian and African agribusiness with software that helps mid- to large-size operations manage their data and finances.
Kenya’s Tushop is scaling to allow communities to purchase groceries in groups, thereby getting wholesale prices for goods.
I’m drowning in new food! Can someone please restructure me out of this mess?