While artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools have made progress in shielding agri-food systems against climate change, issues with bias and a lack of standards and data quality persist.
Energy costs are lower in the Middle East compared to other parts of the world. But CEA and vertical farmers in the region are still looking to renewable energy sources and other new technologies to deal with the challenge of high energy consumption.
Canada-based precision ag-tech and clean-tech company CO2 GRO has agreed a Technology Adaptation Project (TAP) with a major US greenhouse lettuce grower to investigate how it can impact lettuce yield, product quality, CO2 savings, and overall financial...
Microbial agtech ventures are undergoing a ‘revolution’ that aims to bring the nitrogen cycle back toward sustainability. However, their true potential risks being unfulfilled unless there is more investment and further scaling up to meet specific regional...
In our opening Agri-food Sustainability Report Card analysis we take a look at how global food giant Nestlé is faring in its efforts to adopt more environmentally-friendly processes and outcomes.
In the second edition of our Look Who's Funding series, we assess how BASF Venture Capital is seeking to revolutionise agriculture and improve overall sustainability through advanced technological solutions.
Agriculture giant Bayer and leading UAE agri-food tech company Silal have joined forces in a ‘pioneering’ collaboration which aims to strengthen the agricultural landscape in the UAE and address climate change as a pivotal concern.
BiomEdit was recently awarded Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding to develop a range of microbiome-based solutions to reduce methane emissions in beef and dairy cattle, whilst at the same time enhancing production efficiency. AgTechNavigator caught...
There are few hotter topics than AI in the agtech space, but how far can this emerging discipline go to ‘speed up’ the quality and outputs of livestock and crop breeding?
With its varied applications and potential to support sustainability efforts, biochar could play a crucial role in environmental remediation, say researchers in China and India.
Ahead of next week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, organisations are highlighting both the detrimental impacts of climate breakdown on global crop yields, food security and soil health, and the untapped potential of climate finance...
A comprehensive new report has revealed Asia to be a significant contributor to global agri-food CO2 equivalent emissions, producing 42% of the world's total in 2020.
In the first of our features looking at how major MNCs are making waves in the global ag-tech start-up space, which shine the spotlight on PepsiCo and its Greenhouse Accelerator Programme with initiatives spanning IoT, pest control, eco-fertilizers and...
Scalability remains the biggest hurdle for new tech to play a major role in solving agricultural carbon emission challenges in the Asia Pacific region, no matter how well these do at a pilot stage, according to an expert panel.
Canada-based Sollio Agriculture, the agri-business division of Sollio Cooperative Group, has inaugurated a new controlled-release fertiliser (CRF) production plant, which seeks to increase farmers’ access to novel yield-raising fertilisers.
A raft of ag-tech innovations could be needed to stop the drop of bitterness levels in hops – a fundamental concern to the beer and brewing industries.
India-based BharatRohan and environmental consultancy firm Kosher Climate have joined hands to promote sustainable rice cultivation through the implementation of an advanced water-saving and carbon-reducing irrigation system.
Substituting 50% of pork, beef, chicken, and milk consumption with plant-based products could reduce global agriculture and land-use green house gas emissions by 31% in 2050 compared to 2020.
The Japanese government has approved the applications of over 50 companies looking to implement agritech-focused improvements to their businesses, offering support and tax incentives in a bid to hit its national Green Food System sustainability goals...
China has pledged to continue support African countries in upgrading their agricultural sector and helping the local populations fulfil self-sufficiency, following collaborations spanning hybrid rice cultivation, irrigation and crop variety.
Experts say more research is needed to address the digital divide and other ethical concerns as the prevalence of livestock farming becomes more widespread.
A holistic concept that recognises the interconnectedness of human health, animal health and the environment, is gradually but definitively attracting public awareness in China.
New research has indicated that the greenhouse gas emissions associated with indoor vertical farms (IVFs) could vary significantly based on operational conditions, and highlighted the critical role operational decisions, resource consumption and yield...
Zero-deforestation commitments have the potential to save around 96 million hectares of forests from conversion by 2030, with 17% of this being due to the expansion of oil palm plantations, but more effective global policies are needed to ensure compliance...
Oishii, a vertical farm growing Japanese omakase strawberries with 2-3x the sweetness of conventional US-grown strawberries, has closed $50m in Series A funding led by SPARX Group to scale its business for mass market consumption.
