The project will address water quality and wildlife habitats in the Mississippi River Basin, a critical conservation area of the US.
Greater due diligence on forestry and nature-based projects is needed to avoid controversies and conflicts.
Precision ag startup BemAgro will expand its focus into forest management via a new partnership with Suzano Ventures.
Across its portfolio, SLM has also sequestered 100,000 tons of CO2e in soil and vegetation between 2016 and 2023.
The two groups aim to acquaint more growers with the benefits — environmental and financial — agroforestry can bring.
Can money really grow on trees? Undoubtedly, says Ethan Steinberg at agroforestry startup Propagate. But it doesn’t happen overnight, so farmers looking to plant trees among their crops need support, and upfront capital.
At its recent Game Changers LatAm Series 2023, GLOCAL unveiled the 10 companies that won awards for their agrifoodtech innovations.
Aquaculture and agribusiness marketplaces dominate Indonesia agrifoodtech investment this year, but climate tech needs more attention.
Pano AI says the Series A extension highlights the urgent need for more innovations around climate mitigation and adaptation.
Agriculture must slash its emissions by nearly 80% by 2050; it will take the entire agrifood value chain to accomplish this.
Agroforestry grows increasingly critical for fighting climate change, restoring biodiversity and boosting incomes and economies for rural communities.
The growAG platform connects startups, researchers, investors and other key players with opportunities in Australia’s agtech industry.
Farms can boost biodiversity and income with agroforestry; Propagate wants to make that option more accessible to growers and landowners.
A new tropical agriculture program focuses on technologies and processes that restore and regenerate soils and species rather than solely extract from them.
Soil biotech, food waste, and sustainable beverages were among the winning concepts Latin American agrifoodtech startups pitched to an audience last month.
Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.
The San Francisco-based company’s platform leverages remote monitoring and AI to bring better data and more transparent accounting to forest carbon markets.
Global cropland has expanded 9% over the past 20 years, with Africa and South America seeing the greatest gains – and half coming at the expense of “natural vegetation and tree cover.”
By joining the CanopyStyle initiative, Walmart will impel its suppliers to use alternate fiber sources such as ag byproducts.
Carbon credits generated by ag-related projects make up less than 1% of all issued credits, according to data from the University of Berkeley, California.
