The GROW Impact Accelerator’s new cohort has been picked from over 270 applicants hailing from 58 countries. Seven out of the 10 teams have female founders.
Are you a startup innovating in the dairy industry? If so, ag machinery company Lely wants to hear from you for its upcoming Feed the Future Challenge 2021.
The Suzhou-based startup is targeting the 34% of China’s farmland which is in mountainous areas, much of which is dedicated to fruit, nut, and tea cultivation.
AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain, writes Joseph Byrum.
With e-grocery adoption skyrocketing due to Covid-19, grocery delivery companies like UK-based Ocado are finding new reasons to seek out innovation.
Biometric tech has become part of our everyday lives, whether we’re opening a bank account, crossing a border, or unlocking a phone – and it’s coming to our food, too.
Carbon Robotics relies on advanced computer vision to distinguish pesky weeds from high-value crops – taking care of one of farmers’ least-favorite jobs.
AppHarvest will use the Root AI Virgo robot to help its employees with harvest as well as tidying up around its high-tech greenhouses.
Agrobots built around collective computational intelligence could help us better understand the interactions between plant physiology, soil structure, and other environmental factors.
Singapore-based Trax was Southeast Asia’s highest-funded agrifoodtech startup in 2019, according to AgFunder data.
AI that learns through ’embodied intelligence’ could boost agricultural resilience with its greater capacity to adapt to rapidly evolving climatic events.
Many see AI’s ultimate goal as replication of the inner workings of the human brain. But is there another way to look at what AI can do for us?
The Paris-based startup offers AI-powered hardware that can be mounted onto the roof of a tractor, sprayer, or spreader to automate operations.
This latest injection follows a $182 million round late last year which was co-led by Baidu Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund II.
AI can help solve one of the greatest practical challenges facing agriculture: the problem of food security, writes Joseph Byrum.
US-based Monarch Tractor will use the funding to build its “pilot series” tractors for farmers in its home state of California, Oregon, and Washington.
FMC Ventures’ Amar Singh speaks with AFN about the advantages and challenges of being the newcomer in agrifood corporate venture investing and its laser-focus on crop protection.
Agrisolus captures real-time data about a variety of metrics to optimize poultry production and prevent disease in the flock.
Sea Forest will use the funds to start supplying commercial quantities of seaweed that Australian science agency CSIRO has shown to reduce cattle methane emissions by as much as 80%.
The essential aspect of food makes the agrifood industry less volatile – and less nimble – than other industries. Cargill’s SriRaj Kantamneni talks with AFN about investing for the industry’s digital future.
Biological innovation is key to the economic & environmental sustainability of CEA