Complexity, AI & the future of food: Thinking beyond human capabilities
Many see AI’s ultimate goal as replication of the inner workings of the human brain. But is there another way to look at what AI can do for us?
Many see AI’s ultimate goal as replication of the inner workings of the human brain. But is there another way to look at what AI can do for us?
The Brisbane-based startup wants to lower the financial and ecological costs of crop pest management with its low-power insect sensor technology.
The New Brunswick-based startup is commercializing its mastitis detection technology, starting with beta trials on dairies in Canada.
The Beijing-based startup will use the funding to accelerate its global expansion, partnering with other agrifood businesses in Creadev’s portfolio.
International Finance Corporation led the round, with Citrosuco – the world’s largest producer of orange juice – and ag machinery giant Kubota joining in.
Vivent uses AI to detect and interpret electrical biosignals within plants that are linked to stress, helping to diagnose pathogens and pests.
The Canadian startup provides solar-powered, self-cleaning sensors that can keep track of livestock feed levels in real time.
Covid-19 has created new opportunities for acquisitions as startups struggle to fundraise, according to CropX CEO Tomer Tzach.
The team at Spotta wants to enable a lighter use of pesticides by building networks of accurate real-time insect detectors.
A new report identifies key technologies to fight food waste at six key points of the food supply chain, including coatings, packaging, and sensors.
Several factors have kept farmers guessing which fields are producing the lion’s share of profit – and which are responsible for making losses, writes Dmytro Lennyi.
The early-stage startup wants to help packers, and eventually retailers, better manage their inventories so that consumers never have to suffer overripe fruit again.
Starting with its native Australia, NNNCo will roll out the moisture sensing tech across the Asia-Pacific region.
The acquisition will add 1,800 weather stations to the company’s existing European network to support hyper-local weather data for farmers.
The Israeli startup is hoping the acquisition will accelerate its expansion into the US breadbasket as agtech veterans predict more consolidation in 2020.
xFarm’s partnership-centric approach to farm data helped it secure €3 million in equity funding from Italy’s United Ventures and Switzerland’s TiVenture.
What does a CPG company want with smart checkout technology, you ask? Data, and lots of it.
There’s been no greater pressure for the agriculture industry to account for its environmental footprint than there is today. Sprout is looking for startups approaching this challenge to apply for its accelerator.
Prospera recently announced its partnership with Valley Irrigation to combine its sensor-based analytics software with Valley’s pivot irrigation systems.
Remember doing the “smell test” before you poured the contents of your questionable, perhaps expired milk bottle on your morning cereal? French startup Aryballe has a solution to that deep, apprehensive whiff.
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International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator