Can Farmers Drive Agtech Growth? (Premium Content)
by Lynda Kiernan It is increasingly clear that agriculture and technology have a united future. Last year there were 264 agtech financing deals carrying a value of $2.36 billion, marking a 170% increase over 2013, and propelling agriculture ahead of the clean energy sector, which saw $2 billion in financing deals over the same tim
Read moreCuba Vows to Improve Foreign Investment Climate for Agricultural Investors
Although U.S. tech companies are waiting to invest in Cuba, the country is most eager to attract agricultural investments to ease the heavy financial burden of high levels of food imports. Cuba has announced that as part of its campaign to create a transparent and stable regulatory system within which investors can feel secure, the governme
Read moreSpanish Food Companies are Enticing Yield Hungry U.S. Funds
Although the entire Spanish economy has been hit by recession, its food sector has proven to be more resilient than others. The food industry is Spain’s biggest economic sector, accounting for 2.7% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) according to its food and beverage industry association, FIAB. So it’s not surprising that the
Read moreChina to Dominate World Wine Consumption; Australia has Most to Gain
Researchers at Adelaide University and Victoria University have stated that Asian markets, led by China, will grow to dominate world wine consumption within the next three years creating significant shifts in global trade flows. China’s domestic wine industry has been growing over recent years, becoming the fifth largest in the world, how
Read moreBrief: Palm Sustainability Group Puts Expansion Ban on Golden Agri Unit
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has ordered a unit of one of the world’s top producers, Singapore-listed Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (GAR) to stop buying or developing new plantations in Indonesia after it was discovered to have breached land acquisition rules. GAR is the parent company of Indonesian palm plantation company PT
Read moreChina’s Water Woes Impact Food Supply
Eleven Chinese provinces and municipalities that are home to 510 million people and five of the country’s top agricultural provinces, have water resources that fall below the poverty mark set by the World Bank, and currently 61.5% of China’s groundwater is too toxic to touch according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. Not only is it t
Read moreNever Mind Oil, Iran’s About to Shake the World’s Pistachio Market
As talks between Washington and Tehran advance toward a resolution of a decade-long nuclear dispute, and lifting of sanctions by the June 30 deadline, a large disruption of the global pistachio market could be in the offing. Although Iran ranks as the world’s seventh biggest oil producer, it is a serious rival with the U.S. as the worldâ€
Read moreIsraeli Food Tech Startup Makes Sugar Taste Twice as Sweet _ Seeks $4 Million in Second Round
Israel-based food startup, DouxMatok, claims it is transforming how sugar is tasted by humans, and how it is utilized by the food industry. Expanding upon research conducted in the U.S. and UK, the company’s technology will allow for the reduction of sugar in foods by 30% to 60% without any effect upon taste. Through a laboratory proce
Read moreAussie Almond Land Value Grows Three-Fold in Five Years, Says Growers
Growing global demand and the ongoing drought in California have resulted in a significant and rapid increase in the value of mature almond orchards in Australia. Almond prices are reaching record highs on steady global demand, particularly from the Middle East and Asia where recent studies indicated consumption has tripled in five years.Â
Read moreGlobal AgInvesting’s Philippe de Laperouse on Investing in Agriculture and AgTech
Director of HighQuest Partners’ Global Food and Agribusiness Practice and Chair of the Global AgInvesting conference series, Philippe de Lapérouse, sat down with AgFunder to discuss the evolving role of AgTech in agriculture investing. Read full interview here.
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