Data Snapshot: As agrochemical prices skyrocket, so do investments in biological alternatives
Startups developing biological crop inputs secured a total of $892 million in funding last year.
Startups developing biological crop inputs secured a total of $892 million in funding last year.
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s largest meat, fish, and dairy suppliers present a “high risk” of spreading zoonotic disease from livestock to humans.
Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
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The Center launched the Danforth Technology Company to commercialize its research and technology and launch new agtech startups from its own campus.Â
The US-based investment platform’s third installment wants to make food more nutritious, sustainable, and accessible through bioactive elements.
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It’s the startup behind grain trading and logistics platform CropChain and financial services provider LendIt.
Cultivated meat and other “future foods” startups raised a total of $127 million in China during 2020.
In the last six-week virtual program, Cultivo participants interacted with 35 Iowa businesses, universities, and other leaders. “The program really provided a very distinct perspective of the US market and we made the connections we needed to get a foothold in the US,” said one.
Water scarcity could soon become the ‘new normal’ in many parts of the US, imperilling crop cultivation. But agtech has solutions.
The agency will fund pilot projects to produce commodities “using farming, ranching or forestry practices that reduce emissions or sequester carbon.”Â
The Paris-based startup will supply insect protein to ADM’s pet foods division, to create “high-quality nutritional” products with “a significantly lower carbon footprint and land requirement.”
Widespread adoption of plant-based diets would result in lower emissions and higher carbon sequestration, researchers claim.
Fresh off its $110 million funding round, Nigeria’s TradeDepot is pushing the boundaries of digitalization and financing for Africa’s small food businesses and retailers.
The Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture includes several entrepreneurs and experts from the world of agrifoodtech.
Pandemic-related labor shortages and supply chain issues drove early-stage investment in solutions closer to the farm for India’s agrifood startups.
The US company’s e-commerce portal provides a more efficient way to source proteins for novel food ingredients, drug discovery, and more.
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