Innovation is crucial in most sectors – but especially so to ensure sustainable and resilient agricultural production. Yet despite the advances over the past few decades to improve yields and strengthen resilience and adaptability, the global agchem companies have not been able to develop enough new agrochemicals to sustain agricultural production against nature’s challenges. A
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Come 2025, the Agriculture Tech, or AgTech, market is set to be valued at $35.8 billion, more than double 2021’s $16.6 billion. Supply chain management, farming, monitoring—the opportunities for AgTech companies are endless.
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Over half of the world’s population is at risk from vector-borne diseases (those from mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and such), as per the World Health Organisation (WHO). Malaria claims 200 million victims yearly, with over 400,000 lives lost, mostly children under five. Zika virus emerges as a global health emergency, while Dengue Fever’s death toll has
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In a move to revolutionise Vietnam’s agricultural sector, tech-driven plant nutrition company RLF AgTech (ASX: RLF) has announced a groundbreaking distribution agreement with Kona, a prominent distributor of agricultural products in the country. The deal, valued at $3.3 million over a span of five years, is set to transform the landscape of crop cultivation and
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Installation of agriculture tech company Roots’ (ASX: ROO) soil heating system has seen cannabis yields increase by 40%, applying a similar heating system to root soils which humans have been implementing in homes for decades. The Root Zone Technology Optimization (RTZO) technology sees Roots install piping within soil depths which enable users to control the
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Roto-Gro International Limited (ASX: RGO) has reported the delivery of a $600,000 order of their patented Hydroponic Rotational systems to Canadian cannabis company Oakum Cannabis. The global produce market is expected to grow from $280 billion in 2017 to $295 billion in 2022. Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption is driven by a growing middle class
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