Brief: Water conservation more of a priority for agriculture companies than reaching net zero – survey February 9, 2023 A new Inmarsat report notes “improved environmental outcomes” including water conservation from leveraging satellite IoT tools for agriculture.
Q&A: SupPlant’s Revital Kremer on bringing precision ag to more female farmers worldwide March 9, 2022 The chief technology officer is leading the charge to make precision irrigation available to women smallholders worldwide.
In Kenya, Apollo Agriculture is building a pathway to commercial farming January 24, 2022 The Kenyan agtech venture is helping small farmers shift toward sustainable commercial farming with access to seeds, finacing and markets.
Valmont acquires crop analytics startup Prospera for $300m May 13, 2021 With Prospera on board, Valmont now claims to be the world’s largest, vertically integrated artificial intelligence company in agriculture.
Customized technology can assist smaller farms to sustain their operations April 11, 2020 Customized technology in areas like irrigation and soil mapping can decrease wasted resources and streamline time-consuming, complex operations.
Why Prospera started in greenhouses before taking AI tech into the fields November 15, 2019 Prospera recently announced its partnership with Valley Irrigation to combine its sensor-based analytics software with Valley’s pivot irrigation systems.
Data snapshot: From ‘lightning in a box’ to microbial carbon capture, agrifoodtech investment moves upstream in Australia as investors focus on climate mitigation
🎥 Germin8 Ventures on a ‘bruising’ year in venture capital, and new opportunities in ‘frontier science and computation’
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New AgFunder, ISF report highlights gaps and opportunities to invest in climate adaptation for smallholder farmers
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