Slugs are greedy guests on farms. Some estimates reckon a single slug is capable of killing up to fifty wheat seeds within one week of sowing. A group of UK innovators and farmers are working on a robotic solution.
It “has blown away everyone’s expectations about how fast an agritech startup can grow in India,” hitting $150 million GMV within a year of launch, said investor Mark Kahn.
Ergos allows farmers to deposit their grain at a local micro-warehouse so that it can be ‘withdrawn’ at a different location, Aavishkaar’s Vineet Rai explains.
In an effort to try and navigate how our growing but still relatively small asset class gets through the Covid-19 crisis, we’ve launched a series of digital talks for our community. In the first, we chatted with Climate Corp’s Dave Friedberg and Alexandria’s Blake Stevens.
In this Earth Day special of the Future Food podcast, I speak to Cees Jan Hollander, global director of farm relations, and Connecterra CEO Yasir Khokhar about their efforts to make the dairy sector more sustainable.
For Earth Day, we asked satellite imagery analytics company Geosys to provide an overview of how climate change has impacted agriculture industries all over the world using data from its 2019 Climate & Crop Report.
Facebook’s move to acquire 10% of the Indian telco is about a lot more than agriculture and supply chains. But its impact on the sector could be massive – here’s how.
Agtech adoption in Africa is limited. But where new technologies are gaining traction, there is often a clear connection to climate impact.
The collaboration brings private-sector tech players into the mix to extend the scope of the NGO’s contract farming program for rice-growing smallholders.
Big Blue claims its weather monitoring tools can help farmers and agritech startups save costs and improve revenues through better decision-making.
Agriculture has not been immune to the sweeping societal changes of the last two months as everyone adjusts to the Covid-19 virus. Here’s a high-level look at the impact from farm gate to consumer.
Hyperledger Fabric tech allowed the agribiz giants to settle a North America-Southeast Asia transaction that would normally take a month in just five hours.
While Gaston Marquevich is thankful his fresh produce operation Generation Farms in Florida and Georgia has always sold into grocery stores, the Covid-19 pandemic has placed other pressures on his vertically-integrated farm business.
While Covid-19 has made things worse for SoftBank investees, much of the loss can be ascribed to the already poor performance of companies across the Japanese firm’s portfolio.
Kuwait’s Wafra and UAE’s Abu Dhabi Investment Office have both made commitments to develop agtech in their countries, but are taking different approaches.
Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita – a state-run marketplace linking farmers to consumers – is leveraging tech partnerships to go online for the first time during Covid-19.
The next harvest is becoming a matter of economic survival for some growers in uncertain times. With trade wars, pandemics and market plunges, farmers now more than ever need every edge they can get to make the most of the growing season. One thing they can do to up their game is to take inspiration from fighter pilots, writes Joe Byrum.
Henry Gordon-Smith is founder of urban farming consultancy Agritecture and is today launching a new urban farm planning software tool called Agritecture Designer.Â
The cover crop offers soil health benefits plus new cash flow through selling the crop for crushing to create oil and feed-grade meal.
Trade Me – New Zealand’s answer to eBay – is listing livestock and feed on its auction platform after being registered as an ‘essential service’ provider.
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