Author: Jack Ellis
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Biostimulants Are The Quiet Hero in the Quest for More Sustainable Agriculture
The world’s food supply is approaching a critical threshold. With the need to nearly double crop…
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Hydrogen Storage and Thermal Insulation Start-ups Win Asia Liveability Challenge
Innovators working on passive cooling and hydrogen storage technologies took the top two available prizes at…
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How This Leading Producer of Starch & Noodles is Driving Climate Resilience through Technology
Earlier this week we revisited one of two Cleantech Forum Asia 2024 sessions on agri-food innovation,…
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Coffee Without Beans, Medicine from Insects: Food Waste Innovation in Asia
With Cleantech Forum Asia 2025 just around the corner, it’s an opportune time to revisit some…
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China and the EU: Comparing Two Tech-Forward Plans for the Future of Food Production
China and the EU: Comparing Two Tech-Forward Plans for the Future of Food Production The EU…
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AI is About to Massively Accelerate Innovation in Crop Inputs
Demand for food is surging, with projections indicating that crop production must nearly double by 2050…
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Agtech Insights: The Importance of Strategics on Your Company’s Cap Table
Last November’s Thrive Global Impact Summit brought together several hundred entrepreneurs, investors, and senior executives in…
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Energy Crops: Fuel Feedstock of the Future?
Non-food crops offer a promising source of feedstock for biofuel production, providing an alternative to the…
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Insect Farming: Making the Leap from Protein Pipedream to Bio-commodities
There was a time, not so long ago, when insects were being touted as the solution…
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Tackling Agrifood Waste: A Major Opportunity for Sustainable Innovation
Waste in the food and agriculture industry is an enormous yet often overlooked contributor to global…
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Trash Talking: Three Approaches to Food Waste Valorization in Asia
I recently had the pleasure of moderating a discussion on food waste valorization at the FHA…
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Crop Inputs Hold the Key to Climate-Resilient Food Production in a Warming, More Populous World
As global temperatures rise and extreme weather events become more frequent, ensuring food security for a…
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Promising Signs For Precision Fermentation?
Precision fermentation has the potential to solve multiple pain points for the growing alternative protein industry,…
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Distributed Fertilizer Supply Is Crucial for Future Food Security and Sustainability
Synthetic fertilizers play a pivotal role in global food production, with nitrogen-based fertilizers alone supporting the…
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Crop Robotics: Interview with Bluewhite’s Alon Ascher on $39M Series C
Agriculture is among the industries most heavily reliant on manual labor. But as global demand for…
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Cultivated Meat Slashes Emissions
Animal agriculture is critical to human survival and wellbeing. The farming of livestock, including land-based animal…
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How Crop Robotics Can Make Our Food System More Sustainable
In all but the poorest countries on Earth, the number of people working in agriculture is…
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Reversing Agriculture’s Emissions with Carbon-Fixing Soil Inputs
Agricultural soils emit millions of tons of carbon each year. These microbes and minerals help to…
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Sensing and Satellite Technology Advances are Unlocking Carbon Markets for Farmers
Agriculture has a compelling role to play in decarbonization, as it has the potential to both…
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Agri-FoodTech Can Have Critical Impact. Here’s How.
It has been seven years since the United Nations established its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
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