Investment in agtech drops in 2019

Investment in new agricultural and food product technologies dropped by 5% in 2019, mainly driven by a decline in funding for delivery services. This year, total investment reached $19.8bn with.

Quality controls using Artificial Intelligence

Quality controls for agricultural products are a nightmare throughout the entire commercial chain, from producer to consumer, through intermediaries, transporters, supermarkets or restaurants, not to mention potential border crosses. Large.

The emergence of ‘supernutrients’

In the San Francisco laboratory of bio-tech startup Brightseed, computers are analysing thousands of tiny plant samples to discover and extract ‘supernutrients’ or natural compounds. These supernutrients are then harvested.

Organic: a mirage?

In an iconoclastic report presented to the French senate, senators Alain Houpert and Yannick Botrel stress the lack of transparency in pro-organic public policies and the grey areas in a.

Food’s turn to be customised

American company Geno Palate sells a slightly unusual service: it enables customers to optimise their food based on their DNA test results. In practice, it entails providing customers with a.

Drylands take up 41% of the earth’s surface

A study published on 14 February in the journal Science by an international consortium of researchers, including those of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment.

EU: a trillion-euro Green Deal

The European Union is poised to spend one trillion euros over a decade on its Green Deal. The plan aims to accelerate sustainable development and combat climate change. In a.

#Villagesemence : interview with Loïc Rajjou Professor specialized in Seeds at AgroParisTech

TerraSentia, the robot that can tell the future for plants

TerraSentia, one of the smallest agricultural robots on the market, is all the rage in the US. At 12.5 inches in width and about the same in height, this 30-pound.

Global consumption of palm oil growing fast

Growth in consumption of palm oil is showing no sign of letting up. Following growth equivalent to two times that of production in 2018/2019, global consumption is set to exceed.