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- Whats needed now to unlock agtech growth | World Economic Forum
However, while agtech may be attracting investors and grabbing media headlines, many startups in the space struggle to get beyond the initial investment, largely because adoption rates remain low, especially with regards to sustainability-related technologies, which McKinsey research says has reached only 6% adoption globally
- Why the agtech boom isn’t your typical tech disruption
The Investment Corporation of Dubai alone just dropped $203 million into agtech investments; another $200 million came from the Japanese holding behemoth SoftBank; and dedicated VC funds are zeroing in on the sector’s potential In 2017, total investment was over $1 5 billion – a new record for the sector, and one that’s setting the stage
- Innovators reimagine the future of food systems
Mushrooms have a unique ability to support both human and planetary health They can be cultivated following circular principles, upcycling by-products of other agricultural industries, without the need for pesticides or fertilizers, using relatively low water
- Indias farmers are on the cusp of an Agritech revolution
India aspires to be a global food bowl but struggles with 35-50% lower yields against global benchmarks The growth of yields has globally slowed to rates that are too low to sustain the exploding global demand
- Agtech can climate-proof the planets harvests | World Economic Forum
Fortunately, some of the International Finance Corporation’s partners are at the forefront of innovation when it comes to agtech Take Planet Labs, an innovative geospatial start-up that uses 149 earth-observing satellites to generate a daily stream of high-resolution images of the earth’s surface for farmers to understand crop and soil
- Farmers in India are using AI for agriculture | World Economic Forum
As much of the global south grapples with the challenges of ensuring food security, mitigating climate change impacts and protecting livelihoods, this Indian agtech initiative shows promising results when using AI for agriculture
- To boldly grow: how space agtech shapes farming on Earth
Technologies developed for space agtech also have applications that extend beyond agriculture to support larger sustainability initiatives Last year, NASA launched new regenerative life-support hardware, the Environmental Control and Life Support System This technology enables more crew members to live aboard the space station for a longer
- How rural entrepreneurs are driving agritech adoption
Farm-gate value-creators: Value adding through simple processes like sorting, grading, packing, milling, extraction, pulverisation, dehydration, cooling and freezing can remunerate farmers 30-50% over and above farm gate price
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