Mercy Corps Ventures is testing blockchain to get cash transfers to pastoral communities in Africa ahead of climate shocks.
Exploiting blockchain’s full potential around traceability requires us to think of the technology as a tile to be integrated with other available solutions.
NFTs and other “web 3.0” tools are how the Brazilian startup plans to digitalize carbon credits and preserve the Amazon rainforest.
Agriculture 4.0 will give farmers the opportunity to diversify their businesses like never before, increasing both profitability and sustainability.
The Stockholm-based startup claims its platform has tracked over 8,000 suppliers, 250,000 products, and goods worth more than $12 billion to date.
Recently acquired by an affiliate of Iowa’s C9 Capital, Utah-based Fusionware uses blockchain tech to track produce from seed to shelf.
The Buenos Aires-based startup helps commodities buyers to find growers that use certain sustainability practices – while getting growers a better price for their efforts.
Cargill hopes Splinter can make supply chain collaboration the new industry norm – using blockchain’s best bits, while keeping competitive info under wraps.
The São Paulo startup began by applying its traceability tech to Brazilian beef, and has since expanded into tracking poultry and cotton through the supply chain.
Blockchain has much potential, but viewing it as a ‘trend’ could lead some agrifood businesses to make suboptimal decisions about its implementation.
Trade, logistics, and supply chain management are among the other areas to be targeted by the new government-backed initiative.
AFN meets 3 startups bringing more efficiency and sustainability to the agrifood supply chain, with blockchain, coconut husks, and cold storage in the mix.
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The heavyweight list of project owners includes ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO, Louis Dreyfus Company, and Glencore Agriculture.
Hyperledger Fabric tech allowed the agribiz giants to settle a North America-Southeast Asia transaction that would normally take a month in just five hours.
The Singaporean startup’s blockchain platform offers enhanced supply chain visibility to the fruit industry – and it has Latin America in its sights.
Local food is hot but there’s a disconnect between local producers and grocery retailers that Foodshed.io is hoping to solve.
“GrainChain has quietly become one of the most successful blockchain-meets-agriculture platforms on the market,” said Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson.
Farmers continue to show skepticism and distrust when it comes to providing data to third-parties but Farmobile hopes its new patented blockchain tool can foster more trust.
It’s too soon for blockchain, according to a new trade association that says the industry first needs to convert paper documents in envelopes to a unified digital system.
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