Agfunder, a global platform specialising in agri-foodtech, has just published its 2019 report. Salient points are as follow: The sector raised a total of $19.8 billion in funds in 2019,.
The International Sugar Organization (ISO) has forecast the greatest sugar deficit of the past 11 years for the 2019/2020 season. It expects the deficit to reach 9.44 million tonnes (rather.
The coronavirus crisis is causing instability in agricultural markets. Following China’s highly pro-active policy to rebuild its pork herd, 40% of which was wiped out by swine flu over the.
The American startup Viome is attracting investors. It has collected $25 million in the space of a week and has $45 million in the bank (it hopes to increase this.
$138m is needed to fight an outbreak of locusts in East Africa, according to the FAO. This represents almost double last month’s call for $76m. The funding would be used.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
