The still nascent carbon credit market for agriculture has received a boost with the news that Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund is backing Farmland LP. Will it be enough to propel the regenerative soil carbon credit market?
After the crisis in funding in 2023, India’s agtech landscape is adjusting. But can investment be directed to the right places? Harry Holmes investigates.
SOLASTA Bio, based in Glasgow in the UK and with a base in North Carolina in the US, has completed a $14 million Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its peptide-based bioinsecticides.
Integrating artificial intelligence into today’s environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption for indoor agriculture by 25% – potentially helping to feed the world as its population rises, Cornell University engineers have found.
Brussels-based Soil Capital said it aims to strengthen, secure, and make agricultural supply chains more sustainable, addressing a ‘triple need’: social, environmental, and economic.
With livestock producers across Europe braced for the impact of bluetongue, the UK has become the latest country to approve emergency vaccines. Will they stop the spread of the virus?
Global genetic improvement consultancy AbacusBio has launched what it calls the world’s first sustainability index for plants to help reduce the environmental impact of growing crops.
Despite some controversy about the effect of direct foreign investment in the Brazilian agricultural sector, the country’s push to increase domestic fertiliser production is continuing to present sizeable FDI opportunities for companies looking to enter...
BioLumic is partnering with seed companies including Beck's Hybrids, Peterson Corn Genetics, Peterson Farms Seed, Breeder Direct to use its light-activated technology on a wide range of inbred and hybrid corn lines aiming to enhance their productivity....
The US tech company, which provides data management and analytics solutions for the food production industry, has closed its oversubscribed $3.5 million Seed round.
Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and machine learning can provide quick, accurate, and cost-effective product analysis of the chemical composition of agri materials, removing the need for expensive lab tests and putting the tech in the hands of workers...
By Dugald Reid, group leader at the La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food
The potential to flip the genetic 'off switch' and ensure legumes convert nitrogen into nutrients regardless of the soil conditions could improve the yield of legume crops and also the amount of nitrogen left in the soil for subsequent crops,...
Scientists have developed an innovative framework that aligns advanced satellite data with rice growth stages to bolster paddy mapping accuracy in China, raising hopes it will enhance precision ag strategies and contribute to global food security efforts.
The ‘next phase’ of agtech investments will need to prioritise farmer adoption and implementation in order to have a significant impact, as opposed to the development – and piloting – of countless new innovations.
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is inviting start-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises with innovative agtech solutions to apply for the India Australia Rapid Innovation Start-up Expansion (RISE) Accelerator.
Investing at the dawn of Brazil’s agrifintech revolution has served as the basis of its success, says The Yield Lab Latam’s managing partner Kieran Gartlan.
Public-private joint venture AgriZeroNZ is investing a further NZD $4 million in Ruminant BioTech, to accelerate the commercialisation of a methane-inhibiting bolus specifically suited to New Zealand’s pastoral farming system.
Growing lettuce vertically could be as good for the environment as growing them in fields and could save 8,000 hectares of land in the UK, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Aberdeen.
With only an estimated 3.3% of the UK’s farmed area currently practicing agroforestry, the supermarket has launched a new agroforestry initiative aiming to boost agroforestry adoption and help farmers integrate trees effectively while maintaining other...
From its work on the Carbon Reduction Project in China, Cargill is confident that by applying innovation in dairy farming, methane emission reductions and productivity enhancements can go hand in hand.
The pair have announced a new joint venture to accelerate the Gradable platform, designed to allow farmers to derive value from grain produced using sustainable and regenerative practices.
We caught up with Elanco EVP of innovation and regulatory affairs, Ellen de Brabander, to discuss the recent divesture of the animal health giant’s aqua business, its high hopes for the methane-reducing feed supplement Bovaer, and how the newly created...
Canada-based Wittaya Aqua’s data-driven insights and analytics platform is designed to drive efficiency, profitability, and sustainability in the global aquaculture industry. What sets it apart? Nutritional data, the company tells us.
An esteemed scholar has concluded that currently available mitigation strategies can substantially decrease enteric methane emissions from US dairy farms.
Singapore-based DiMuto, which uses blockchain, AI, and IoT technologies to digitise and optimise the global agrifood supply chain, has announced it has successfully closed its Series A funding round, securing a total of US$5.9 million.
The Nestle-subsidiary has just unveiled its first ever honey products in the US in a move that illustrates the key potential benefits of regenerative agriculture for FMCGs: premium taste and supply chain sustainability.
Halter’s virtual fencing technology has just launched in the US, where it insists it can help the beef and dairy industries become more productive and more sustainable. And despite concerns from some – but not all – welfare groups, the company’s system...
The start-up’s platform connecting each stage in the fresh produce supply chain has helped saved the equivalent to 655,000 meals, its first impact report shows.
Brazil supplies about a third of the world's coffee, making it by far the world's largest producer. But with dwindling water supplies threatening the industry, producers are busy with efforts to protect this vital resource.
The tricot (triadic comparison of technologies) approach is proving key to testing new crop varieties, particularly in the context of smallholder agriculture and climate adaptation, say scientists.
ADM's latest regenerative agriculture report highlights significant progress and ambitious goals in expanding its programme. How does it plan to scale up from 2.8 million acres to the new 2025 target of five million acres globally?
One of Africa's most pressing challenges is achieving food security. A researcher proposes an innovative approach to chicken feed to address this issue.
Australian company Bovotica is pioneering technology aimed at modulating the rumen microbiome to reduce methane emissions in cows while simultaneously boosting production efficiency.
Scientists claim to have made a significant breakthrough in agricultural biotechnology by using CRISPR/Cas9 to edit the potato genome, resulting in plants with increased resistance to both biotic and abiotic stresses.
The Yield Lab, an early-stage investor in sustainable AgTech, is tackling dairy sector challenges linked to emissions, manure management, land use, and water quality through a new initiative.
The venture capital arm of agricultural sciences giant FMC Corporation looks for ‘game-changing’ innovations that go beyond FMC's core business of crop protection. Associate Matt Foley tells us more about the firm’s operations, strategies and impact.
The digital ag specialists aim to combine their AI-powered platforms to unlock new opportunities for sustainable food systems. The long-term goal is to take the lead in addressing farming sustainability for tropical crops, AgTechNavigator understands.
Micropep Technologies, which creates natural crop protection and stimulation products using micropeptides, has announced a $29 million Series B funding round and unveiled a proprietary discovery platform called Krisalix.
Leaf Agriculture has just raised $11.3 million to make it easier for companies to access and use farm data from multiple sources. Manual data entry or in-house data processing pipelines are not working anymore, co-founder and CEO G. Bailey Stockdale tells...
This is certainly the hope of US company Better Earth, which recently unveiled the first compostable foodservice packaging made exclusively with materials grown using regenerative agriculture methods.
