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April 15, 2021 Targets to help benefit one crore farmers Non-governmental organisation (NGO) The /Nudge Foundation has launched a competition for start-ups, Cisco Agri Challenge (CAC), as part of its efforts to try and reach agri-tech solutions to one crore farmers in the country. The/Nudge Foundation is holding CAC in partnership with US multinational technology firm Cisco System and the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. Sudha Srinivasan, CEO, The/Nudge Foundation, told BusinessLine that CAC would offer a price platform that would provide farmer-centr...

Reuters During Covid-19 last year, Amazon had announced an initiative - Local shops on Amazon, which has been adopted by more than 50,000 retailers in 450 cities across India. Amazon has announced a $250 million fund for India with the aim to focus on enabling SME digitisation, agriculture technology and medical technology. The announcement came at the tech giant’s second Smbhav event. Andy Jassy, CEO, Amazon Web Services, said, “Small and medium-sized businesses are often the engine and the lifeblood of economies and I think it's true in India as well. And we are very passionate about t...

Puratos joins EIT Food in FoodSparks to foster the next generation of agrifood innovators FoodSparks – a seed fund tailored to support the most promising European early-stage enterprises – has been set up by EIT Food and capital fund manager PeakBridge, along with investors like Puratos, Givaudan and Stockholm-based investment firm Gullspång Re:foodiary, among others. The FoodSparks fund will invest up to €30m over a span of up to four years in the most promising projects around solutions to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems in food producti...

Ankur Capital Dialogues to steer conversation around tech’s role in fighting climate change 0 claps Share on India is the world's second-largest aquaculture producer and is among the top four exporters of shrimp to the US, Japan and Europe, as per the World Wide Fund. Over the years, a prolific aquatic value chain has shored up the country’s economy. However, this value chain has suffered at the hands of humans too often as climate change continues to endanger the ecological balance of the planet. Efforts on the part of the government and their limited reach has triggered research around ...

High-tech farms in Singapore ensure more varieties of food stay on the table | Video Singapore 05 Apr 2021 12:00AM) Farms in Singapore are going high-tech in an effort to be more sustainable and to ensure food security as Singapore looks to produce 30 per cent of its food by 2030. Gwyneth Teo with this week's Spotlight. Tagged Topics