Seven disruptive start-ups have been selected to drive agri-food innovation and economic growth in the country, offering innovative solutions to enhance the agrifood value chain, improve commercial exchanges, and introduce high-value crops.
More than 70 environmental, animal welfare, and community groups from 18 countries have criticised the industry trade association Global Seafood Alliance’s latest version of the Best Aquaculture Practices certification.
Waitrose, a premium grocer with over 350 shops in the UK, and part of Britain's largest employee-owned retailer, the John Lewis Partnership, says it is committing to support more than 2,000 of its British farmers to move to regenerative farming practices,...
Four studies published by Purdue University scientists document the feasibility of previously unproven methods for successfully treating the wastewater.
HeavyFinance, the company raising €50 million for a private credit fund to help advance agricultural decarbonisation in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal, has announced it will lead the restoration of 300,000 hectares of Ukrainian farmland...
Our round-up of the latest research from institutions and universities across the globe looks at the world’s first unmanned machine designed for autonomous forestry operations, while Korean scientists have successfully developed ‘cultured beef rice’,...
Biochar made from empty cocoa pods has the potential to improve and retain moisture in soil, according to a cocoa cooperative in in Côte d’Ivoire. It is looking to biochar made from agricultural waste to solve the problem of persistent drought compromising...
Tesco, the UK’s leading supermarket and NatWest, the largest UK bank for business and one of the largest for the farming sector, have launched a new discounted climate and sustainable finance scheme for 1,500 of the retailer’s farmers.
Agri-tech spend is lagging in the land of the rising sun. But amid the looming threats of depopulation and ageing, the government is looking to new styles of agriculture that can boost productivity, sustainability and strengthen national food security....
With over 2,500 delegates and 70+ start-ups attending World Agri-Tech from 40 countries, all eager to expand their network and forge new partnerships, this year’s event is shaping up to be a memorable event.
Proponents argue it can help meet the world's pressing need for critical minerals – especially an agtech industry looking to low carbon and renewable energy sources. Opponents say it is economically and environmentally unviable.
Fruit and vegetables in Europe are increasingly contaminated with PFAS pesticide residues (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), according to a study by the NGO PAN Europe.
Potassium deficiency in soil has been revealed as a major threat to livestock and agricultural farming. So what does this mean for global food security and can the current threat be reversed?
The Agriculture Innovation Hackathon was hosted in Mosul earlier this month, as an agriculture sector beset by desertification turns to the power of technology to overcome the challenges faced by farmers.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture take algae production to industrial scale to boost food security for the Kingdom.
Proposals to ban octopus farms in the US state follow similar moves in Washington and Hawaii and come as controversy about plans to build the world’s first octopus farm in the Spanish Canary Islands continues.
Regulators in Australia and New Zealand have given Queensland University of Technology (QUT) a licence to commercially release QCAV-4, a genetically modified variety of Cavendish banana designed to help save the world’s Cavendish banana production.
Greater understanding of the potential risks of the pesticide chlormequat is ‘urgently needed’, say campaigners, as a study in the US finds the crop chemical in four out of five people tested.
Our round-up of the latest research from institutions and universities across the globe looks at a new app to improve olive oil industry efficiency, while potato experts in the US will investigate how to control pests without using controversial neonicotinoids....
Our round-up of the latest research from institutions and universities across the globe looks at how Australian scientists are using sound to repair degraded soils. Elsewhere, Brazilian researchers have unveiled a new biodegradable sensor to detect pesticides...
The open burning of rice straw in fields is not only a source of pollution but also an enormous waste of organic material. Researchers at Aston University in Birmingham are therefore looking at how to make inedible rice straw into the next generation...
The world’s favourite yellow fruit risks a slow march to eradication unless growers invest more in early detection methods such as aerial mapping, AgTechNavigator hears.
With the EU set to bring in strict rules aimed at limiting global deforestation, Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee and cocoa farmers can now opt-in to specific criteria that align with European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requirements in...
Most urban farms are decidedly low-tech such crops grown in soil on open-air plots. But owing to infrastructure, supplies such as fertiliser and irrigation water, they have a higher carbon footprint than conventionally grown produce, claims new research.
An open letter signed by 35 Nobel laureates and more than 1,000 European scientists has been sent to Members of the European Parliament, pleading with them to ‘reject the darkness of anti-science fearmongering’ and vote in favour of new genomic techniques...
Part of Horizon Europe, the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion, Wageningen University and Research (WUR) will investigate nematodes (or roundworms) which are threatening major crops such as tomato...
To say that genetically modified (GM) crops have met past resistance from campaigners is an understatement. Might the potential environmental benefits of GM crops prove a tipping point?
In our first Innovation Insider monthly feature we are shining the spotlight on China and assessing how the opportunities and challenges when comes to adopting innovative technologies to enhance agricultural productivity, improve food security and promote...
Ahead of next week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, organisations are highlighting both the detrimental impacts of climate breakdown on global crop yields, food security and soil health, and the untapped potential of climate finance...
India’s burgeoning agtech innovations could hold the key to transforming the country’s agri-food systems into sustainable enterprises, according to Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Co-ops need regulatory changes to be able to operate on a ‘level playing field’ and compete with MNCs in the advanced manufacturing space, claims an organisation spanning key players from agriculture, horticulture and processors.
Social scientists should play a critical role in agtech collaborations, thanks to their experiences across diverse disciplines that include science and technology studies (STS), food studies, sociology and geography, experts have argued.