Is soil carbon sequestration a ready climate solution?
Is soil carbon sequestration a ready climate solution? Figure 1. Investment in soil sequestration companies: Carbon offset developers and Biochar manufacturers (excl Indigo) As climate change continues at pace, and the world struggles to cut annual emissions, there is a growing focus and premium on removing carbon from the atmosphere, rather than simply emitting less, […]
Is agtech computer vision going mainstream?
Is agtech computer vision going mainstream? Figure 1. Top 20 equity raisings by computer vision agtech (excl Trimble) Greeneye Technology last week raised $20 million for its version of computer vision-based herbicide control, adding to more than $5.2 billion raised to date by equity investors, for companies using graphics processing units (GPUs), to bring AI […]
Biological Pesticides – Which Technology Will Win?
Biological Pesticides – Which Technology Will Win? Top 10 cleantech agri-food fund-raisings, 2023 Biological pesticides represent a vast potential market, to substitute for chemicals increasingly targeted by environmental regulators, and include broadly microbe, protein and plant extract-based approaches, where proteins are the fastest growing today. The sale of pesticides, to protect crops from insects, fungi […]
Soaring prices draw investment in greener coffee and chocolate
Soaring prices draw investment in greener coffee and chocolate Strong growth in the substitute cocoa market (light blue bars) Soaring coffee and cocoa prices, in part due to climate-related supply woes, have thrown a spotlight on investment in the sustainability, climate resilience and traceability of these two core, tropical country commodities, and in substitute products. […]
Top 10 Agri-Food Cleantech Deals in 2023: Lessons
The Top 10 Agri-Food Cleantech Deals in 2023: What Have We Learned? Top 10 cleantech agri-food fund-raisings, 2023 The top 10 fund-raisings in agri-food cleantech companies last year saw a broadening of funded sectors and financing sources, as companies and investors adapted to a pull-back in venture capital funding and valuations, and new technologies stepped […]
The Opportunity in Soil Carbon and Nature Measurement
The Opportunity in Soil Carbon and Nature Measurement Tech companies that support on-farm production of environmental goods and services, such as carbon sequestration or crop pollination, are seeing sharply growing investment, where measurement of these public goods may be the biggest opportunity, as key to unlocking carbon and nature markets. At New Food Finance, we […]
New Food Finance Weekly Insight: Integrated Pest Management Goes Hi-Tech
Integrated Pest Management goes High-Tech Integrated pest management (IPM) refers to farm best practices that minimise use of chemical pesticides, for example only to spray when pests are actually present, having passed a critical threshold, and use of non-chemical alternatives including natural pest predators. IPM comprises common sense practices, and is a mainstay of lower […]
Can agricultural technology keep pace with climate change?
Can agricultural technology keep pace with climate change? Top 10 cleantech agri-food fund-raisings, 2023 Agricultural technology companies are racing to help food producers keep pace with climate change, using tools and technologies, ranging from remote sensing, to crop gene editing, and AI-backed smart irrigation. Climate change poses a threat to food and farming, as a […]
Investing in methane mitigation in the agri-food sector
Investing in methane mitigation in the agri-food sector Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and agriculture is a major source of its emissions worldwide. Tackling climate change will hinge on cutting these emissions, and fast. Within the farming sector itself, methane is also a significant greenhouse gas, accounting for more than a third of agriculture’s […]