Climate finance for agrifood systems must increase seven-fold to transition industries into taking climate mitigation and adaptation actions.
Despite a bleak backdrop of war, supply chain issues and climate change, startups in Eastern Europe and the Baltics continue to innovate.
Farmers still struggle with additional costs associated with planting and terminating cover crops, and in some cases reduced crop yields.
Climate change and the need for efficient and affordable technology for farmers is driving investor interest in India farmtech.
Nordic agrifoodtech startups raised nearly $500 million across 39 deals from mid-July 2022 to mid-July 2023, according to AgFunder data.
US retail sales of plant-based meat alternatives have continued to decline, falling 12.6% to $106.8m in the five weeks to July 2, with units down 19.8% year-over-year.
Corporate commitments around reducing food and ag emissions reductions have ballooned nearly 65% since the start of 2022.
UK agrifoodtech startups raised nearly $400 million across 77 deals, according to the latest data from AgFunder.
Conservation tech is a small-but-vital slice of agrifoodtech investment in Latin America to fight climate change and boost planetary health.
Startups in the Ag Marketplaces & Fintech category raised $191 million in 2022 to bring more efficiency to the agrifood supply chain.
Agriculture must slash its emissions by nearly 80% by 2050; it will take the entire agrifood value chain to accomplish this.
In contrast to global investment trends, Latin America’s eGrocery startups continued to garner the most capital in 2022.
Other countries to watch include Colombia, Argentina and Chile, according to AgFunder’s Latin America agrifoodtech investment report.
Agribusiness marketplaces & fintech and eGrocery were the top investment categories for Latin America agrifoodtech in 2022.
The field results and registration mark the first geographical expansion for Israel’s Grace Breeding and its biofertilizer product.
Agribusiness Marketplaces and Fintech was the most-funded upstream category for India agrifoodtech in 2022.
FAIRR asks companies to disclose their strategies around mitigating antimicrobial resistance and its threat to the global supply chain.
2022 was a lousy year for agrifoodtech investing, and India was not immune to the headwinds impacting global markets, with funding to Indian startups in the field dipping 33% year-over-year to $2.4 billion, according to AgFunder’s new India AgriFoodTech Investment Report 2023.
The Americas and Asia tied as regions with the most ag biotech funding in 2022, with each raising $1.3 billion.
Investment for Australia agrifoodtech dropped 40% year-over-year in 2022, but enthusiasm for climate-focused companies remains robust.
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