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EFITA newsletter / 878 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Interview with Guy Waksman, member of the Academy of Agriculture (FR): “AgriFood Tech start-ups” are on the rise!
See europeanscientist.com
Europe AgriFood Tech Investing Report 2018
In this inaugural European food tech and agtech startup report in collaboration with F&A Next, we detail the $1.6bn of funding across 421 deals. While this was on par with the total in 2017, there was 23% growth in the number of deals and the majority of activity took place at the earliest stages.
There was a 200% increase in funding to upstream startups - those operating closer to the farm or in the supply chain before the retailer, but a 50% decrease in downstream investment as several food delivery startups have now exited by IPO or M&A.
Seed stage deals accounted for nearly 70% of deal flow, compared to 55% globally, and 15% of dollars invested compared to just 4% globally.
The investor base supporting agrifood innovation is varied with only a few dedicated sector funds, but it’s growing and 603 unique investors made investments during the year.
The UK and France lead the way in terms of investment: $388m across 103 deals and $324m across 62 deals respectively.
See agfunder.com
Old good days by Camille Pissarro, Picking Peas - 1887
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KPMG Agri-Food Tech & Internet of Farms Traction Tours to the Netherlands and Belgium
1 - 6 July 2019 - NL and BE
KPMG Agri-Food Tech & Internet of Farms Traction Tours are an opportunity for executives to access unique insight to emerging agri-food technology from leading agri-food locations around the world.
The tours are designed to open up exclusive insights and connect businesses and research entities with the intention to enable innovation deal flows and help leaders develop global mindsets. Before each tour we engage with interested participants to focus the program to meet their needs.
See analytics.kpmg.com.au
Future Food: How Whole Foods’ Walter Robb Thinks About Food Tech and The Future of Grocery
There’s perhaps no deal more representative of the changes taking place in the food system, and the meeting of technology and food, than Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017. A surprise move to many but one that solved particular challenges for both players: Amazon got access to a high-quality fresh food brand and supply chain, and Whole Foods became digitized.
See agfundersnews.com
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Agridigital to create ‘digital trust’ in supply chains
Agricultural supply chains are inflexible and inefficient, says Agridigital CEO Emma Weston.
See Future Farling
AGCO takes Fendt to the Brazilian market
AGCO launched the award-winning Fendt 1000 Vario in Brazil and adds Solinftec to its Farm Solutions.
See Future Farming
Syngenta and Bunge Ventures Back South American Agribusiness Marketplace Agrofy
See agfundernews.com
See agrofy.com.ar
Ninjacart, an Indian agtech platform that connects farmers to retailers
See agfundernews.com
See ninjacart.in
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Machines of the future powered by formic acid?
What if you could produce fuel on your farm and convert it into hydrogen to power your tractors?
See Future Farling
Red Sea Farms Raises $1.9m to Grow Tomatoes in the Desert Using Saltwater
Red Sea Farms, a Saudi Arabian startup developing saltwater-tolerant crops and saltwater-based greenhouses in the Middle East, has secured $1.9 million in funding.
See agfundernews.com
See redseafarms.com
Syngenta CEO: Climate Change Will Be Our Biggest Challenge
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But since then, investment in technology and innovation from new (and relatively early) market entrants has surged. Startup funding that totaled $8.2 billion in 2016 had doubled by 2018, reaching nearly $17 billion, according to AgFunder’s latest report on agrifood tech investing.
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See agfundernews.com
Syngenta Ventures Invests in $2.9m Seed Round for Danish Pheromone-based Pest Control Startup BioPhero
See agfundernews.com
See biophero.com
Bee-based disease prevention
Fungi that can inoculate crops against disease can be applied using insects – bumble bees, to be specific.
See Future Farling
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Idealist
A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents. After dinner,
her mother told the girl's father to find out about the young man.
The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk.
"So, what are your plans?" the father asked the young man.
"I am a biblical scholar," he replied
"A biblical scholar, hmmm?" the father said. "Admirable,
but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter to live in?"
"I will study," the young man replied, "and God will provide
for us."
"And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring, such as she
deserves?" asked the father.
"I will concentrate on my studies," the young man replied, "God
will provide for us."
"And children?" asked the father. "How will you support
children?"
"Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replied the fiance.
The conversation proceeded like this...and each time the father questioned,
the young idealist insisted that God would provide.
Later, the mother asked, "How did your talk go, honey?"
The father answered, "I think He's an Idealist. He has no job, he
has no plans, and he thinks I'm God."
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2019 Efita International Conference 27-29 June - RHODES - Greece The topics for the EFITA 2019 conference are detailed below within topic groups. Topic group 1: “Sensors” This topic group refers to the development or optimization of sensors and electronics for agricultural applications, such as field scouting and crop parameters monitoring. Particular sub-topics could be: - New sensors (optical, reflectance, etc.) - Wireless sensor networks - Image processing Agricultural robots are also within this topic, focusing on automation and control technologies to optimise robotic applications in agriculture. Particular sub-topics could be: - Scouting Robots - Action Robots - Machine embedded ICT tools Topic group 2: “Data” This topic group is related to all technologies and software that cure data mining, data warehousing, visualisation, knowledge extraction, big data management. Particular sub-topics could be: - Big data management - Data mining for agricultural information systems - Data visualisation - Data and Knowledge Management for extension services (with real examples) Other subjects within this topic are interoperability, semantics and knowledge management, such as: - Metadata and data standards in agriculture - Thesaurus management, Knowledge management - Ontologies for agriculture - Knowledge bases and Knowledge repository services - Web of Data, Linked Open Data Topic group 3: “Decision” This topic group is about modelling for simulation, prediction, crop management, design of ICT-intensive farming systems. Proposed sub-topics are: - Modelling and Simulation for agricultural production and farming systems - Weather prediction models for sustainable agricultural production - Multi-Agent systems Other “Decision” scientific work is about remote sensing, GIS technologies and spatial management of resources. It includes sub-topics such as: - Remote Sensing and GIS applications - Planning tools - Environmental information systems and Environmental management systems - ICT applications for natural resources management, including forestry - ICT applications for sustainable biomass production and use Finally, ICT applications regarding economical, organizational and business implications in agriculture are also used for business decision making. Such ICT tools are divided in: - Decision Support Systems for Agriculture - ICT applications for food chain and logistics - Traceability tools - ICT and business - Rural economies and ICT policies for rural development Topic group 4: “Action” This topic group is mainly about design of ICT applications for agriculture and sustainability focusing on precision and knowledge intensive agriculture. It includes sub-topics such as: - Computer tools for farming - Models of farming activity - Scientific computing applied to crop management -Expert systems in agriculture This topic group is also about web technologies and networking of actors all along the value chain of agriculture. It includes sub-topics such as: - On line farm services - Web applications (clients, devices, server-side) - Cloud computing applications - Social Networking, collaborative tools and crowdsourcing - Tools for e-agribusiness See efita2019 |
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