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Agtech attracts little VC

04/06/2026 Go to Evidence

1.3% of global early-stage venture-capital funding was attracted by agricultural technology companies in 2024.

The Economist (2026)

The Economist. (2026, June 4). Feeding 10 billion people will require new technology. https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/04/feeding-10-billion-people-will-require-new-technology

Agricultural researchers

11/07/2023 Go to Evidence

40% of agricultural researchers in Latin America were between 50 and 60 years old in 2012/13.

El 40 % de los investigadores agrícolas de América Latina tenían entre 50 y 60 años en 2012/13

Stads, G. et al. (2016), Un análisis multinacional de instituciones, inversiones y capacidades, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), Instituto Internacional de Investigación de Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI)

# of private pearl millet seed companies

03/01/2017 Go to Evidence

15 private seed companies are testing and developing iron pearl millet varieties for seed sales in India (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

15 empresas semilleras privadas están probando y desarrollando variedades de mijo perla con hierro para venta de semillas en India (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).

Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.