How will artificial intelligence impact the future of farming? From disease and pest forecasting to precision insurance, SP Ventures explores AI in agriculture.
We’ve all felt the impacts of climate change this season but they’re especially pronounced in Africa; of the 20 nations ranked as most vulnerable to climate change, all but four are African. Meanwhile acute food insecurity has dramatically increased in the past year.
Mercy Corps Ventures is testing blockchain to get cash transfers to pastoral communities in Africa ahead of climate shocks.
Realizing the vast potential of ancient grains to sustainably nourish billions will require collective action across sectors.
Many farmers are open to agtech innovation, but current financing structures hold them back from adoption.
The ever-popular gut microbiome sector must create a run-to-poop future that moves beyond just science and into storytelling.
Lissy Smit explains how the Aqua-Spark portfolio is addressing some of the greatest challenges right now for ocean and marine life.
Bio-agriculture integrates conventional and natural farming, reducing farmers’ and consumers’ health imbalance and risks.
We caught up with senior professor of entrepreneurship at Europe’s leading business school ahead of the Future Food & Ag leadership program at INSEAD to discuss the key attributes of a food and agriculture leader.
EY’s Rob Dongoski dives into the macro factors impacting controlled environment agriculture — and what startups should do.
The Green Growth platform aims to integrate precision agriculture software as simply as possible with farm hardware.
The FarmLab agronomy platform can help farmers better map, sample and analyze soil for agronomy and carbon projects.
GRIDX cofounder and CEO Matías Peire on how his company helps scientists build startups that are leading the way for Latin America biotech.
Combining their expertise in agriculture supply chains and capital markets, husband and wife team Aline and Fabricio Pezente faced some challenges raising funding in the early days.
The agrifoodtech industry has descended into a high school movie-style food fight. It’s not only off-putting but is emerging as a dangerous cancel culture for farming and food production practices rather than people.
PerPlant says its tech can monitor fields and generate insights with centimeter-level precision at a fraction of the cost of other tools.
Peter R. Mueller talks food security, efficacy and a host of other reasons we need both biological and chemical crop protection.
Louisa Burwood-Taylor heads to São Paulo, Brazil, to explore the latest developments in foodtech and agtech.
The landmark EAT–Lancet Commission’s ‘planetary health diet’ would improve food security, decrease noncommunicable diseases and reduce the environmental impact of food. But is has two problems, claims Ty Beal.
Biomanufacturing has big potential to support the industrialization and economic prosperity goals of African nations. says Saron Berhane.
Smoke & mirrors, not worth the extra cost: 50 US farmers speak out on carbon markets