Mercy Corps Ventures has partnered with Stable Foods to launch a new pilot that will test IoT-based irrigation systems for smallholder farms.
Water was the theme of the latest Foodshot Global challenge, and more specifically, how tech can help protect water as a resource for food and agriculture.
Agribusiness worldwide accounts for 70% of the world’s water usage in addition to contributing enormously to pollution.
Water remains one of the most undervalued and underinvested resources in agrifood innovation despite its intrinsic role in the food system.
The FoodShot Global team looks back on half a decade of agrifoodtech investment and hints at what’s in store for the next five years.
Irrigation management startup Kilimo recently adjusted its business model to focus on “water neutrality” for corporates.
Conservation tech is a small-but-vital slice of agrifoodtech investment in Latin America to fight climate change and boost planetary health.
Innovators in New Zealand look to improve food production while weaving indigenous perspectives and sustainability throughout every step.
Latin American agrifoodtech startups hoping to scale their solutions can now apply to the GLOCAL Game Changers LatAm Series 2023.
A new Inmarsat report notes “improved environmental outcomes” including water conservation from leveraging satellite IoT tools for agriculture.
Agrifood corporates in particular could play a major role in restoring the world’s stock of natural resources — otherwise known as natural capital.
Leading names in ag like John Deere work with Iowa State University faculty, researchers and students to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
We cannot let this recent rainfall lull us into a false sense of complacency around water management and risk our long-term water supply.
The meat and dairy sector “performs very poorly on three biodiversity metrics” that are key to the Paris Agreement for Nature.
The growAG platform connects startups, researchers, investors and other key players with opportunities in Australia’s agtech industry.
The US startup recently raised $5.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate development and adoption of its water management sensors.
A small but growing list of agrifood companies are pledging to go net water positive or making other commitments around water reduction.
Editors Note: AgFunder recently sat down with Felicia Marcus, Chair of the California State Water Resources Board. Marcus will be leading a discussion on Living in the
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