North America led the agritech market with 38.59% revenue share in 2019, followed by APAC and Europe. Increasing organic and inorganic strategic developments - such as product launches, and mergers and acquisitions - among the market players support the Agritech market growth in North America.The North America agritech market has...
Iceland has just launched its first aquaculture dashboard, bringing near total transparency to the country’s growing fish farming sector.The online dashboard was unveiled by Fisheries Minister Kristján Þór Júlíusson, who described it as a ground-breaking step.It will highlight virtually everything connected with aquaculture including the number of fish under cultivation,...
The sustainability of aquaculture has been debated intensely since 2000, when a review on the net contribution of aquaculture to world fish supplies was published in Nature. This paper reviews the developments in global aquaculture from 1997 to 2017, incorporating all industry sub-sectors and highlighting the integration of aquaculture in...
Listen to CyberAg's FBI panel recording: Cyber Threats in Food and Agriculture. According to the FBI, cybercrime in 2020 alone cost businesses $4.1 billion in losses stemming from ransomware, phishing, and business email compromise attacks. Personnel from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division and Baltimore Field Office provided information...
Listen to CyberAg's recording: Farm Management & Cyber Security: The Value of Farm Generated Data. As farms and farmers continue to work to maximize profitability, maximize production, and minimize input costs; more are turning to advanced technologies to help gain a competitive edge. Many technologies being deployed on the farm...
Listen to CyberAg's recording: Finding A Balance Between Producer and AgTech Company in Data Usage. An agricultural drone-spraying platform, and an agtech entrepreneurial support organization with farmers at its core discuss data usage and ownership in the context of agtech companies and on-farm usage. They explore the delicate balance between...
Listen to CyberAg's Precision Ag recording: A Supply Chain of Connected Technologies. Precision agriculture is a network of embedded and connected technologies that includes distributed sensor networks, global positioning systems, farm information systems, autonomous farm equipment, automated chemical sprayers and smart devices, all connected by the Internet. The Department of...
Listen to CyberAg's opening remarks & recognitions, presented by Mike Thielke from F3 Tech Accelerator.Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Senior Vice President of Technology and Strategic Partnerships, MidAtlantic Farm Credit Keynote Remarks: Boyd Rutherford, Lieutenant Governor, State of Maryland...
Unilever adds four ag-related open innovation challenges to its Open Innovation portal. Unilever will consider partnerships with established suppliers, startups, academics, designers, individual inventors — anyone with a practical innovation that can help them meet their challenges.Explore new Unilever challenges: Plant Protein & Beyond: People’s eating habits are changing, but...
Farm Bureau will award $165,000 in startup funds to 10 businesses, culminating at a live pitch competition at the 2022 AFBF Annual Convention in Atlanta, Ga. The Ag Innovation Challenge winner will be awarded $50,000 total in prize money. The Ag Innovation Challenge runner-up team will win $20,000, and People’s...
