The Latin American agrifoodtech ecosystem is maturing but more collaboration is needed to maximize the opportunity ahead, argued panelists at a recent GLOCAL event.
The forthcoming program aims to help produce growers generate residual income from carbon credits and become more resilient to climate change.
Argentina’s ucrop.it, a blockchain-enabled platform, announced the close of its pre-series A funding round to track sustainable farming practices.
Smaller-sized farmers in Mexico have no access to credit. Verqor wants to change that by digitizing more of the country’s ag operations.
The digital ag marketplace aims to bring fairer prices to restaurants and retailers and more profit to small and medium farmers.
Radar Agtech Brasil extensively maps startups operating in the Brazilian agrifoodtech value chain to support decision-making across the ecosystem.
2021 was “a year of momentum for ag biotech and alternative proteins” in the region.
The Singapore-based trend-spotting platform for food will grow its partnerships in North America and launch a new tool to speed up CPG product development.
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.
