Rising Kashmir – Online

Population growth rates globally have so outstripped the linear rate of increases in food production that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimated that 70% more food must be produced over the next four decades in order to nourish adequately a human population projected to exceed 9 billion by the year 2050. The odds for attaining such an unprecedented increase, which would require the raising of the historically linear increases in annual food production by 37% , is substantially lessened by the consequences of climate change and variations on crop production systems. The inherent difficulties in achieving this unprecedented increase are exacerbated by the yield-depressing consequences of climate change and variations ...

BW Disrupt – Online

While most industries were struggling during the pandemic, Agritech thrived with digitisation accelerating like never before and resilience becoming a key theme of the industry. From 2017 to 2020, India received ~US$ 1 billion in agritech funding. India also ranked third in agritech funding and the number of start-ups that came up within this period. Reports suggest that by 2025, Indian agritech companies are likely to witness investments worth US$ 30-35 billion. Despite the challenges of fragmentation, limited access to finance and storage, risks related to lack of trust and enforceability, broken supply chains, business costs and challenges within policy frameworks, digitisation and tech-driven innovation helped Agritechs outperform other industries in the last two years. ...