In Kenya, Apollo Agriculture is building a pathway to commercial farming
The Kenyan agtech venture is helping small farmers shift toward sustainable commercial farming with access to seeds, finacing and markets.
The Kenyan agtech venture is helping small farmers shift toward sustainable commercial farming with access to seeds, finacing and markets.
A growing number of startups are creating “climate-friendly” snacks that cut carbon and promote regenerative agriculture practices.
OKO Finance offers crop insurance to smallholder farmers in Mali – one of the few fintech companies focusing on the landlocked West African country.
There is “no non-engineered way” to fight climate change at scale and in time, says chief science officer Ellen Jorgensen.
The carbon 2022 program aims to make both carbon markets and conservation practices more accessible and rewarding to a greater number of farmers in the US.
They’ll work together on The Yield LatAm Opportunity Fund, a new vehicle which will invest in roughly 30 companies in the region over the next five years.
The Kenyan fund’s CEO talks about its own hard-learned lessons in everything from promoting tech as a tool, to fighting climate change on the continent.
If this is really is our “last, best chance,” the UK royal’s well-researched and well-grounded approach is worth taking seriously.
The US-based company wants to eliminate food waste by turning surplus grocery store inventory into animal feed via a closed-loop upcycling process.
FMO is partnering with AFN to launch a dedicated Africa news edition, strengthening Africa’s agrifoodtech ecosystem through knowledge-sharing and research.
Brazil will incentivize adoption of regenerative farming methods, methane-busting cattle feed supplements, and reforestation in an effort to hit the new target.
The Kenyan startup is building a tech bridge between insurance companies and millions of smallholder farmers to protect them from climate change.
Talmond, Safi Organics, and Yanaya are among Africa’s women-led businesses identifying untapped resources to boost farmer incomes and cultivate healthy livelihoods.
The fast food retailer will work with the Science Based Targets initiative to adjust its current emissions-reduction strategy across its business.
The US alone pledged $10 billion to transform global food production and consumption over the next five years. But is it enough?
It’s reintroducing small-scale biogas technology to Malawi’s farms in order to provide a more sustainable source of fuel and fertilizer.
Startups focused on food and water received more climate-conscious capital than those in any other sector over the past 12 months, according to Climate Tech VC.
The impact investor aims to prove the commercial “climate resilience” opportunity in African agtech ventures like Kenya’s SunCulture and Nigeria’s Tomato Jos.
The early Twitter and Uber investor’s climate-focused VC firm has invested in several alt-protein and sustainable ag startups.
A collaborative ecosystems approach is urgently required if we really are to ‘fix’ the food system, writes Edible Planet Ventures CEO Sharon Cittone.
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