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Startups from Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam are being sought for a new accelerator programme from ClimAccelerator and Better Earth Ventures.
New plant-breeding techniques offer huge opportunities to scale controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and make new products profitable, but greater industry, academic and policymaker buy-in is needed for success.
Finding the perfect agtech solutions for the local reality is the holy grail for innovation, and it’s unlikely these will all come from Silicon Valley, says Golden Agri-Resource’s (GAR) chief sustainability and communications officer.
Everyone knows we need to produce more food, with fewer resources. But how is Asia’s agri-food sector turning words into action, and what more urgently needs to be done?
Fourteen start-ups offering disruptive, scalable solutions and technologies for the climate-stressed agricultural regions of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia will take centre stage at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in Dubai on December 9-10.
Research led by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has revealed that aesthetic grading, which focuses on the appearance of apples, leads to significant food losses without economically benefiting farmers.
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...
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.