Despite an overall increase in agtech adoption, farmers around the world still lag in terms of adding new sustainability practices to their operations.
The 7th Agritec Africa Conference was a three-day event showcasing agricultural technologies. Key sessions involved organic agriculture, soil health and its conservation, agri-mechanization and application of plasticulture.
When it comes to crops, biologicals are all the rage as a means to reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint – and increasingly as a solution to supply chain disruption. Decoy says livestock will be next.
The Raleigh, North Carolina-based startup captures and screens microbes found in the natural world to identify apt candidates for pest control and crop protection.
The Danish startup aspires to become the leading supplier of concentrated pheromones as an active ingredient to companies formulating spray-on inputs for row crops.
Anuvia is hoping to clean up conventional fertilizer with its bio-basd input that improves yields while also reducing GHG emissions and sequestering carbon.
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.”
FBN’s recently unveiled Biological On-Farm R&D Network will connect developers of biological ag inputs directly with farmers to perform trials in full-scale testing environments.
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