News and Analysis on Global Ag Innovation, Investment and Sustainability
The biologicals sector is often quick to move from proving efficacy to pursuing farmer adoption, but greater attention is needed between these stages to determine whether a solution is deployable at scale, says Agrifood Futures’ Joshua Soo
From subsidised 1% loans for new farmers to patient capital backing biosolutions, Crédit Mutuel says its cooperative structure gives it a unique ability to finance agriculture’s environmental transition
Can AI predict the next big food crisis?
Biotechnology start-up Robigo has secured Series A funding led by Bayer’s venture arm, Leaps by Bayer, as it seeks to commercialise engineered microbial biopesticides. For Bayer, the attraction lies less in a single product and more in a platform it...
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) has suspended exports of fresh ube indefinitely as the government to prevent local varieties from being used to build competing industries overseas
Blue Farm has raised JPY350m (US$2.3m) in Series A funding to expand a model that channels corporate spending into tea farm preservation as Japan’s ageing tea sector struggles to meet growing global demand for matcha