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With less than four weeks to go until the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in #Mexico City, this is your chance to connect with 300 agribusinesses, food and beverage companies, technology providers, public research centers, investors and start-ups. They are getting ready to examine the key business opportunities unlocking #innovation and #investment in Mexican #agriculture. Key Themes: • Empowering Smallholder Farmers: Scalable solutions to adapt agtech to the needs of smallholder farmers • Capitalizing on Nearshoring Opportunities: Leveraging alliances between Mexican companies and international partners in food production • Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture: Corporate and government programs enabling farmer adoption of climate smart agriculture • Financial Inclusion: Unlocking innovative finance and fintech solutions that facilitate access to capital • Optimizing Water Use: Implementing smart irrigation solutions and water management to tackle drought • Biologicals Market Expansion: Accessing emerging opportunities for biocontrol and bionutrition • Digitalizing Mexican Agriculture: Digital tools, platforms and automation to address labor shortages and improve smallholder farm management • Optimizing Controlled Environment Horticulture: Advanced technologies and seed varieties enabling high-quality, year-round fresh produce • Post Harvest Innovations: Enhancing the quality, safety and reliability of high-value crops through advanced technologies to drive global export growth • Driving Investment into Mexican AgTech: Fostering venture and private equity investment into a rapidly growing market You can book your place now at https://bit.ly/3TV0IjP to be part of these conversations

🌱Out now: an interview with Gabriela Quiroga Gilardoni on Community-Driven Innovation: Lessons from Farmer-Led Research in the FO-RI DeSIRA Program 🌍 At the FAO Science and Innovation Forum (SIF) 2024, Gabriela Quiroga, Senior International Development Expert and former Director of Strategic Partnerships at AgriCord, shared key insights on the transformative power of farmer-led innovation through the FO-RI DeSIRA program. 👉 Read the full article for more insights: https://lnkd.in/dey6VRY6 Here are the highlights: 💡 Diverse Innovations for Change: Agroecological transitions need both local solutions and advanced technologies, with community-driven ideas at the core. 🌾 Farmers as Innovators: Rural communities bring essential knowledge. Collaboration with researchers, governments, and organizations turns their insights into scalable solutions. 🤝 Co-Design for Impact: FO-RI’s success lies in uniting stakeholders to align visions, build trust, and empower local leadership. 🌍 Scaling Global Impact: Programs like DeSIRA-LIFT ensure promising farmer-led innovations are refined and scaled to address global challenges. Gabriela reminds us, “Knowledge grows when you share it.” #Innovation #FarmerLedResearch #Agroecology #Sustainability #DeSIRA #CommunityDriven

Innovative solutions for sustainable food production. SOLOS, co-founded by Matthäus Kircher, is advancing sustainable agriculture with an innovative aquaponic system. In their 8,000 m² greenhouse in Tramin, floating lettuces are fertilised by fish in a closed-loop system, achieving a 90% reduction in water usage compared to traditional farming methods. This approach is chemical-free and enhances productivity. With the support of our EU Opportunities Team at NOI, Solos identified a suitable European programme to support their growth. Through our Start-up Incubator, they gain access to a broad network, customised support, and opportunities to further develop their concept.

EIC Scaling Club has released new market highlights for the Agri & Food Tech sector! The food systems around the world account for nearly one-third of global GHG emissions and consume significant amounts of natural resources, causing biodiversity loss and negative health impacts. That’s why stakeholders should work together to help scale-ups deploy new practices and technologies to protect and restore agricultural land and secure food supply. Some of the highlights in this report include: ⚪ 12 companies in the Agri & Food Tech sector have collectively raised €164M  ⚪ 71 active investors and backing companies have provided funding to these scale-ups ⚪ Average amount raised per company is €14.92M  ⚪ The biggest funding (27.7M) has been allocated to Protealis, followed by N2 Applied (26.4M) and AlgaEnergy (23.3M) To view the full highlights report, see the link in the comments! Thank you to the authors and mentors who contributed, to mention a few: Marie Dewavrin Antoine Baule Sharon Cittone 🎯 Pawel Maj Graeme Taylor Jacob Afriat Elise Bijkerk 🌍 Merten-Lentz Katia #EIC #EICScalingClub #MarketReport #MarketHighlights #AgriAndFoodTech

🌍 Scaling Australian AgTech Globally: The Path to Success 🌱 Taking Australian AgTech to international markets is no small challenge. Diverse farming practices, macroeconomic trends, and local pain points demand thorough research and tailored strategies. From understanding regional workflows to navigating subsidies and regulations, success lies in adapting to each market's unique landscape. Australian innovations in sustainability, automation, and efficiency position us to lead—but only with meticulous planning More here - https://lnkd.in/gVeQ4Zvw

🌱 Glad to be part of this event where I joined Andy Hall for overseas work in Vietnam as part of the #Aus4Innovation program! We had the chance to exchange valuable insights based on case studies from Australia and Vietnam. I have shared some lessons we learned from the #PestREADI project on how to better understand the gaps in Agri-Innovation Systems through a rapid diagnostic study to help inform the co-design of an information-sharing platform to promote area-wide IPM. Lot of learning from other case studies presented on how they are addressing sustainability challenges through institutional innovation by reorganising networks of actors through farmers’ clubs and similar innovation platforms and how digital tools are helping them exchange information. Often context-specific innovative strategies to deal with similar and complex challenges we are facing in both countries. Identifying what works and elevating these findings to the policy level can be a powerful tool for building resilient, sustainable agricultural innovation systems. https://lnkd.in/dDjhFBak

Where does our food come from? How can we ensure that food production continues in the future? What actions are being taken to strengthen sustainable development? What can be done to improve interaction between rural and urban areas? As part of the #WeMakeTransition project, our project partner organized an agricultural arena in Hämeenkyrö, Finland. According to the organizers, the event confirmed their belief that no "sustainable development issue", especially food, is simple and that everything requires a deeper and broader dialogue with entities at various levels involved in this topic. The agricultural arena has shown that finally, in a quite simple way, it is possible to involve local actors, to have dialogue and mutual understanding, and that sustainable development can only be achieved by getting out of social media debates and our bubbles. We prefer to bravely face different perspectives, better understand the bigger picture and discuss constructively. The arena also demonstrated the incredible value of grassroots expertise in solving sustainability challenges. The agricultural arena has resulted in concrete cooperation and local solution paths in Hämeenkyrö. Click below to read more and watch the video: https://lnkd.in/dpWiPTNn Interreg Baltic Sea Region #MadeWithInterreg #civilsocietiesmakingtransition Johanna Leino Vidzemes plānošanas reģions / Vidzeme Planning Region Marta Jarosińska Agata Lewandowska DDB The Baltic Institute of Finland

#UST has signed a memorandum of understanding with Western Sydney University (WSU) in #Australia to collaborate on advancing agri-tech solutions. #MoU https://trib.al/Qawpu9i

🌱 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞? 🚀 Are you passionate about leveraging technology to drive sustainability in agriculture? Join the Grow Asia Innovation Challenge, in partnership with Beanstalk AgTech, and showcase your digital solutions. We are looking for innovators in the following key areas: 💼 Marketability: Improve returns for low-emission production through improved market access and premiums for smallholders and agri-SMEs engaging in sustainable agriculture practices. ♻️ Carbon Marketplace Foundations: Broaden access to credit mechanisms for emissions reduction through sustainable agricultural production. 💻 Digital Advisory Solutions: Improve access to and benefits from digital decision-making tools that enable climate-smart agriculture practices for smallholders and agri-SMEs. With support from IFAD Asia Pacific and Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, the Grow Asia Innovation Challenge aims to accelerate the adoption of climate-smart innovations by smallholder farmers across Southeast Asia. For more information and to apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/g-4_d-9r #AgTech #ClimateSmartAgriculture #SustainableFarming #DigitalTransformation

Sustainable Dairy Production in Europe 🐄 🌱     Innvite is a partner in the project ET4D with a focus on improving sustainable dairy production on an international scale.     In a series of interviews aiming at highlighting key issues relating to sustainable dairy farming today, Innvite has talked to three ET4D experts: Dr. Joanna Frątczak-Mueller from the Polish University of Zielona Góra, Dr. Konstantin Mikhaylov from the Finnish University of Oulu, and Dr. Sebastian Opalinski from the Polish Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences.      You can read the three interviews here: https://lnkd.in/dpyNTeA8    #SustainableDairyProduction #EUfunding #ICTAGRIFOOD #StrategicCommunication #StrategyDevelopment #PublicandPrivateFunding #Sustainability #DairyFarming #Innvite