News

GreenAnt.ai, founded by Mario Edoardo Simmaco, pivoted from farming ants to using satellite data for climate action, creating Desidera, a platform using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and AI for precision agriculture and climate risk management. Desidera forecasts floods, monitors crops and deforestation, and offers predictive analytics to help farmers mitigate disaster-related losses, democratizing access to sophisticated data.

Nestlé is helping Mexican farmers adopt cost-effective technologies and embrace regenerative agriculture — all while building resiliency into its global supply chain.

The Yield Lab Latam is launching its third fund, the Ignition Fund to support early-stage start-ups focused on climate, the blue economy, financial inclusion, and food security.

Biotalys' protein-based biofungicide EVOCA has been recommended for approval by the EPA in the US, marking a significant advancement for the company as it offers a novel solution for managing resistance to conventional fungicides. Despite this progress in the US, EVOCA faces delays in Europe, where it remains under regulatory review, raising concerns about the region's prolonged approval process potentially stifling innovation and affecting market access for sustainable crop protection products.

The crop protection and seed company posted another quarter of growth, as Corteva lays the foundation for its business split next year.