Tag: inputs

Why plant nutrition is the driver of soil regeneration

March 27, 2023

While it is true, as the saying goes, that ‘healthy soils produce healthy plants’, the question is: “What creates healthy soils?” asks John Kempf.

Meet the Founder: Why Digital Mobile Africa’s Robert Madziva wants to commercialize smallholder farming in Africa

December 9, 2022

Achieving food security and boosting smallholder farm incomes go hand in hand; Robert Madziva aims to do both with his digital agribusiness platform.

Brief: Sofina Ventures & Temasek lead $60m round for ag marketplace DeHaat

December 1, 2022

DeHaat says the Series E round will help the company reach break-even profitability within the next 12 months.

Data snapshot: Agribusiness Marketplaces poised to ‘positively impact’ Asia-Pacific’s smallholder farmers

November 23, 2022

The category’s strong fundraising performance underscores its potential to positively impact Asia-Pacific, especially when it comes to smallholder farmers.

Brief: Agriconomie lands €60m ($60m) to help Europe’s farmers transition to regen ag

November 8, 2022

With fresh Series B funding, Agriconomie aims to become the European leader in the organics and regenerative inputs market.

Q&A: How Seedz is digitizing Brazilian agriculture & attracting clients like Deere, Mosaic

October 4, 2022

The Seedz platform aims to transition more farmers in Brazil online while also giving major suppliers more actionable data.

Meet the Founder: By digitizing ag, Verqor aims to make credit accessible for every farmer in Mexico

July 15, 2022

Smaller-sized farmers in Mexico have no access to credit. Verqor wants to change that by digitizing more of the country’s ag operations.

Phospholutions will promote more judicious phosphorus usage with its latest fundraise

July 13, 2022

Ahead of its forthcoming Series B fundraise, the US-based company has landed $5.3 million in new capital for its phosphorus fertilizer additive.

Micropep scores $8.8m Series A+ funding, heads Stateside to bring peptide controls to market

July 11, 2022

The French startup is aiming to have its first biofungicide product on the market within the next three years.

How can the global agrifood system build resilience amid climate change? Look to Ukraine

June 21, 2022

Panelists on a recent webinar about Ukraine and the global agrifood industry didn’t mince their words when discussing the current dire climate situation.

Data Snapshot: Food security & sustainability drove $2.6b in funding for Ag Biotech in 2021

May 5, 2022

Top Ag Biotech investment deals in 2021 covered gene editing, farm inputs, animal health solutions, and biofertilizers, among others.

The Ukraine crisis shows climate stability & biodiversity are crucial to long-term food security

April 12, 2022

The crisis in Ukraine has damaged an already weakened post-Covid global food system. It has also highlighted the vulnerabilities of that system’s interconnectedness, write FAIRR’s Helena Wright and Alexander Burr.

Kellogg’s-Benson Hill deal aims to fix alt-meat’s sustainability issues

April 7, 2022

Benson Hill aims to scale its Ultra-High Protein soy by incorporating it into Kellogg’s MorningStar Farms alt-meat range.

An eventful week for African agtech as 2 startups raise close to $100m

March 25, 2022

Nigeria’s ThriveAgric and Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raised close to $100 million between them this week in a watershed moment for African agrifoodtech.

Shell & Sound Ag partner to explore carbon credit potential of nitrogen reduction

March 22, 2022

Sound Ag claims the pilot could cover 3 million farm acres, reducing up to 350,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, by 2027.

Indonesian ag marketplace AgriAku raises $6m to democratize farmer access to inputs

March 3, 2022

The Jakarta-based startup links sellers of fertilizers, seeds, and other inputs with local ag stores that serve smallholder farmers across Indonesia.

Agrolend aims to connect Brazilian farmers with much-needed credit after $21m raise

January 19, 2022

Agrolend will use the funds to increase its credit portfolio, enabling more options for farmers using its fintech platform.

Crop biologicals market predicted to hit $19bn value by 2026 – but chemicals to continue growth

January 7, 2022

The biological inputs market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 11.9% over the next five years, compared to chemicals’ 3.7%, according to recent market research.

The 4 paradigms of agriculture: What are you sourcing from?

December 2, 2021

Regenerative agriculture can perhaps be best explained in terms of how it contrasts with other farming paradigms, writes HowGood’s Ethan Soloviev.

AgBiome closes $116m Series D round led by Blue Horizon, Novalis LifeSciences

September 14, 2021

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.