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Empowering Indian agriculture: Upstream startups and farmtech innovations

India briefly overtook China in agrifoodtech investment, while Southeast Asia demonstrated significant potential with $1.7 billion in funding

Posted on 26 Oct, 2023 04:04 PM

As the world's largest region in both geography and population, with a vast network of smallholder farmers combined with dense urban settings and food sovereignty concerns, Asia-Pacific is a hotbed of opportunity for food and agriculture technology startups.

Investment in upstream innovations in Asia-Pacific region – those for the farm and primary production of novel foods – increased 24% year-over-year (Image: CIAT/Neil Palmer)

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