“Those innovators that are directly linked to the farmer and to the customer are the ones that are going to win.”
Phytoform utilizes gene editing to accelerate changes that might naturally occur through traditional breeding methods.
In an interview with AgFunder News YoLa Fresh co-founders explain how their company is addressing key challenges like food waste, inefficiencies in fresh produce distribution, and limited market access for smallholder farmers.
The industry is moving in the right direction, said various growers, startups, agribusinesses and investors polled by AgFunderNews.
“The opportunistic nature of cyber attacks, especially ransomware, means a company of any size is at risk.”
Plus: Australia firm banks new funds for biopackaging innovations.
Winners of the GLOCAL challenge highlight the role of AI, data science and fintech in kickstarting change across Latin America agrifoodtech.
FIRA attendees agreed that ag robotics and automation will create more jobs for the industry, and typically better ones, too.
“Our basic focus is making full use of the whole hemp plant: seed for feed and stalks for construction,” says cofounder Suneet Shivaprasad.
Metablify officially launched this week out of the Danforth Technology Company, a subsidiary of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
QarboTech’s tiny carbon dots integrate with chloroplasts, the tiny factories in plants that turn sunlight into energy, optimizing light absorption and electron transfer.
Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category have taken the top spot for funding in recent months, bringing in $65 million, or 41% total investment on the continent so far in 2024
Plus: More funding deals for ag robotics and automation.
“We are the only ones we know of [developing biological products using predatory bacteria] in the field of agriculture,” says BioArmix CEO Dr. Tzvi Zvirin.
“Bioactive compounds in the Asparagopsis armata biomass other than bromoform are responsible for about 40% of the reduction of methane emissions in our study,” say the authors.
Series D funding will go to a few different areas, including expanding availability of the LaserWeeder into new geographies.
The Plantik process grows high-heat-tolerant tomatoes in a fraction of the time it would take to do through traditional breeding.
Concerns around the price of inputs and extreme weather events could increase adoption of sustainability practices among farmers globally.
Plenty of commentators—and jaundiced investors—may query the economics of insect agriculture given the struggles of some high-profile players. But what about the touted environmental benefits? Is it a given that it is more sustainable to feed animals insect protein than, say, corn or soybean meal?
The Series C funding will allow Agrolend to expand its credit offerings to industries, retailers and cooperatives.
