DeHaat acquires Farm Guide to bolster platform with ‘unique’ smallholding spatial dataset
With this aqui-hire, DeHaat – which serves over 380,000 farmers across India – will be able to add financial services for farmers to its platform.
With this aqui-hire, DeHaat – which serves over 380,000 farmers across India – will be able to add financial services for farmers to its platform.
It’s a big week for LatAm’s agrifoodtech fund, SP Ventures. The fund will close on around $50 million to $75 million, surpassing the $30 million goal it initially set.
The two companies have combined their crop science and soil health chops with an eye on the nascent carbon credits market.
The last visible vestiges of Tesco’s Asian retail operations are set to disappear as stores carrying the UK company’s name undergo a rebrand.
The ag industry is actively developing farm management systems (FMS), but the abundance of choices may be confusing. New research from AgroHub, AgFunder, and Top Lead seeks to make things simpler.
The Singapore government unveiled the fund, aimed at encouraging local agtech adoption, as part of its 2021 national budget and 10-year sustainability plan.
Bioinformatics. Drone surveillance. Farm robotics. BASF Venture Capital’s Markus Solibieda talks to AFN about tech innovations the company’s backing to complement and disrupt the agri-chemicals status quo.
The US President’s plan calls for a ‘carbon bank’ that would pay farmers, ranchers, and foresters for implementing regenerative agriculture methods.
Promoting his new book on climate change technologies, the Microsoft co-founder said plant-based protein makers Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are “totally competitive.”
ListenField’s API ecosystem combines satellite, weather, and in-field data with crop modeling, phenology, and genotype selection to improve yields for rice and other crops.
Grofers is reportedly targeting a ‘reverse merger’ that would value it at around $1 billion after negotiations with prospective buyers hit a dead end.
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%.
Research released last month indicates that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda own the largest share of farmland in the US.
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.
Cyberattacks, disinformation, and buyouts are weapons in the warchest for sovereign states that want to close the competitive gap with a rival country’s ag sector.
Rob Ward sees a lot of problems with existing foodtech accelerators. He hopes to address them with a new model called ForwardFood.Tech.
Indigo, which raised $560 million last year, said the layoffs align with its new CEO’s goal “to direct resources to [its] four primary offerings” and “realize their value.”
TruCarbon, the new carbon credits program from Land O’Lakes, will help the co-op’s farmers to measure and monetize sequestered carbon on their land.
Advocacy group claims the Food & Drug Administration approved heme without meeting the ‘convincing evidence’ bar required by its own regulatory process.
Japfa aims for “viable solutions that improve the production of quality proteins and, ultimately, the nutrition of millions of people,” says Tan Yong Nang.
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