Moving towards more climate-resilient agriculture and food production was already imperative for India. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it even more urgent.
It’s the Singapore-based agribusiness’s third sustainability loan, and follows its $176 million financing last month for digitalizing the smallholder economy.
Two prominent academics from UC Davis and Wageningen agree that there is no time — either for the health of people or the planet — to be imprecise with our approach to protein, a macronutrient that is so resource-intensive and consequential to the environment.
CEO Erik Fyrwald previously told AFN that Syngenta’s takeover by ChemChina “gives us the freedom for increased investment around seeds and crop protection.”
Arkam Ventures led the pre-Series A investment in Jai Kisan, which wants to increase Indian farmers’ access to financial services – and lenders’ access to farmers.
Food delivery services are bigger than ever, as locked-down consumers turn to apps for meals and groceries. But the economic outlook for service providers remains tough.
Several factors have kept farmers guessing which fields are producing the lion’s share of profit – and which are responsible for making losses, writes Dmytro Lennyi.
The Chengdu company is part of China’s booming trend in ‘new convenience foods,’ with online marketing channels such as livestreaming driving 55% of its sales.
One of Covid-19’s biggest agrifoodtech casualties so far is the New Zealand farmer co-op’s scuppered $70 million investment in Afimilk.
The Suzhou-based startup allows customers to group-buy fresh produce directly from farmers by placing orders via WeChat or local stores.
Covid-19 has accelerated the country’s efforts to enhance food security, so agrifoodtech startups are among those that could benefit most from the new fund.
The Singapore-based unicorn is extending its order-anything ‘super app’ platform to the region’s farmers, fishermen, and food traders to keep things ticking as Covid-19 continues.
Few would dispute that growing fish or strawberries in a desert is a remarkable idea, even in 2020.
Although microbe-based feed additives are nothing new in animal feed, the space has fallen behind on innovating new solutions.
The New Zealand-based startup is “ready to focus on commercialization and building a global footprint” for its UV light recipe tech with Steve Sibulkin on board.
Microsoft for Agritech Startups will offer a range of tech tools to early-stage Indian companies, as well as co-selling and co-development opportunities.
When developing the future of protein from plants, innovators must take heed of key lessons that this pandemic is teaching us about the fragility of our food systems.
Agrocorp, which recently made a groundbreaking $12m blockchain wheat trade, will use the funds to “ensure a continuous flow of food from farmers to end-consumers.”
Singapore Food Bowl is the new online program from GROW, the Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech accelerator by AgFunder. Applications close in 4 days – so hurry!
Tropic plans to use the funding to commercialize its tech and to add rice to the roster of tropical crop cultivars it has in development.
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