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Agtech and foodtech startups can apply for Game Changers LatAm Series 2022 until June 15.
Agtech and foodtech startups can apply for Game Changers LatAm Series 2022 until June 15.
IFG and other fruit breeders are racing against time to create new, climate-resilient varieties, the company’s CEO tells AFN.
Brazil- and US-based Solinftec will expand availability of its precision ag farm management platform to additional growers in North and South America.
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 accelerator plans to back 100 entrepreneurs working on financial and climate resilience innovation over the next four years.
CGIAR’s Alliance of Biodiversity International aims to “climate-proof” tropical food systems through its brand-new plant genebank.
The region is still not among the top destinations for climate tech capital, despite its huge potential.
NFTs and other “web 3.0” tools are how the Brazilian startup plans to digitalize carbon credits and preserve the Amazon rainforest.
The country looks set to creep up the agtech investment rankings.
TerraMagna is one of several startups in Brazil looking to improve farmers’ liquidity.
Agrolend will use the funds to increase its credit portfolio, enabling more options for farmers using its fintech platform.
The Argentine startup will use the funds to strengthen its e-commerce and fintech offerings, as well as for growing its footprint in Brazil.
The Italian startups will combine their businesses to help 80,000 farms boost efficiency across 1 million hectares using data.
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 world’s largest meat processor plans to acquire a majority stake in Spanish cultivated meat company BioTech Foods.
The Chilean startup is building what it says is Latin America’s first large-scale sustainable vertical farming plant, powered completely by renewables.
Freshmart was founded in 2016 and claims to have an 18-20% share of the online food market in Peru.
Andes has developed a seed treatment that enhances crops’ nitrogen-fixing capabilities, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers. It’s eyeing carbon next.
It aims to take the manual labor out of the ag commodities inspection process using computer vision, machine learning, and IoT.
ReNature worked with a Brazilian farmer cooperative to generate the credits in partnership with Rabobank’s carbon marketplace, Acorn – with Microsoft the buyer.
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