Latin America is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet — a unique competitive advantage for agriculture. But with global demand for high-quality, nutritious food rising, production systems must evolve. The challenge is not only to produce …
As agriculture across Latin America faces rising pressures, access to finance remains one of the most persistent barriers for smallholder farmers. Traditionally underserved by banks and often excluded from formal credit systems, small producers are n …
Ahead of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in Mexico, we spoke with Julio Lopez, Digital Farming Solutions Manager - NORLA at Bayer, about the story behind Carlota: a digital irrigation support tool designed hand-in-hand with farmers. Born from u …
De cara al World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit en Mexico, nos sentamos con Luis Fernando Haro, Director General del Consejo Nacional Agropecuario, para una entrevista exclusiva en la cual analiza los retos y oportunidades que enfrenta el sector agroali …
By Manuel Otero, Director General; Jorge Werthein, Special Advisor; and Sandra Ziegler, Consultant for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) The Latin American and Caribbean region is undergoing a rapid demographic transf …
Leaps by Bayer released Ag Playbook 2.0 to provide transparency in agtech product development and address past criticism that it discouraged early-stage innovators. The Playbook outlines the varied development pathways across different agtech categories, highlighting costs and timelines to guide start-ups and investors in creating realistic plans, ultimately aiming to enhance the success rate of innovations reaching the market.
AgZen’s commercial scale up continues, with the AI-based precision spraying company anticipating to cover 2 million acres in 2026 across three continents.
UK-based Tropic has raised $105 million in a Series C funding round to scale its climate-resilient banana and rice product lines, utilizing CRISPR-like gene-editing tools. The funding, led by Forbion and Corteva, will aid in high-volume plant production, global supply chain expansion, and strategic partnerships, as governments update regulations to facilitate gene-edited crop deployment. Tropic's innovations include non-browning and extended shelf-life bananas, with commercial demand exceeding supply, and a programme targeting Panama Disease TR4. This investment reflects a broader trend towards agri-biotech solutions for sustainability and crop resilience.
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