Q&A: How Pula is breaking through crop insurance barriers to protect Africa’s farmers
The Kenyan startup is building a tech bridge between insurance companies and millions of smallholder farmers to protect them from climate change.
The Kenyan startup is building a tech bridge between insurance companies and millions of smallholder farmers to protect them from climate change.
Tilapia farming can help feed sub-Saharan Africa’s booming population. But investment in everything from basic infrastructure to technology is needed first.
While investment in eGrocery services increased substantially, especially in China, the return of foot traffic to brick and mortar retailers and restaurants saw investment double in technologies servicing them.
The ocean industry could be as big as the burgeoning space industry so long as investment and innovation are focused on sustainability, writes guest author Tony Chen.
Funds launched by Five Seasons Ventures, Eatable Adventures, and SP Ventures raised well over $300 million for early and growth-stage agrifoodtech bets.
By joining the CanopyStyle initiative, Walmart will impel its suppliers to use alternate fiber sources such as ag byproducts.
Mars will “push the boundaries of what is possible through regenerative agriculture” to help it achieve its target, according to sustainability head Barry Parkin.
Talmond, Safi Organics, and Yanaya are among Africa’s women-led businesses identifying untapped resources to boost farmer incomes and cultivate healthy livelihoods.
The fast food retailer will work with the Science Based Targets initiative to adjust its current emissions-reduction strategy across its business.
The US alone pledged $10 billion to transform global food production and consumption over the next five years. But is it enough?
It’s reintroducing small-scale biogas technology to Malawi’s farms in order to provide a more sustainable source of fuel and fertilizer.
The category includes cell-cultured meat, plant-based analogs, fermented and fungi-based proteins, functional foods, and other novel ingredients.
Elsewhere, AFN examined data which suggests that agriculture is far from pulling its weight when it comes to carbon credits generation.
Beyond venture capital, private equity, and general debt, there is one valuable potential source of cash that many agrifoodtech startups are overlooking.
Startups focused on food and water received more climate-conscious capital than those in any other sector over the past 12 months, according to Climate Tech VC.
Since the start of the year six agtech SPAC deals have been announced – most involving indoor farming or biotech, and all valued at over $1 billion.
Releaf recently raised $4.2 million to build palm oil processing facilities across Nigeria that it claims can boost the sector’s productivity 200x.
Regenerative ag topped the headlines over the past seven days as agrifood colossi Cargill, Heineken & Nestlé each announced new initiatives.
The impact investor aims to prove the commercial “climate resilience” opportunity in African agtech ventures like Kenya’s SunCulture and Nigeria’s Tomato Jos.
Spiber is valued at $1.22 billion following this latest round – while SpotOn hit a post-money valuation of $3.15 billion, according to reports.
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