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The pilot program sets the company on the path to the goal of 120,000 regenerative agriculture hectares in Brazil by 2027

ADM, a leader in sustainable agriculture supply chains, announced an important expansion of its global regenerative agriculture efforts with the launch of its program in Brazil. The Brazil program aims to promote and support sustainable agricultural production with a focus on soil health, biodiversity protection, improved soil fertility and resilience, and increased farm productivity. In the initial stages of the program, ADM will focus on three practices:

Fertiliser uses efficiency and increased use of biological inputs, reducing chemical inputs and substituting traditional nitrogen products with more technological alternatives to result in reduced carbon emissions in planting, coupled with increased productivity due to improved soil health.

No-till farming, with technical assistance guidance for the refinement and intensification of this widely used practice in the field.

They covered soil/cover crops, using a mix of cover crops to improve soil health, especially during off-season windows, to positively impact water absorption, structure, biodiversity and soil fertility.

 “The basic principle is to support farmers in their efforts to do more with less, meaning higher productivity with less use of inputs, less water use, lower greenhouse gas emissions, lower risk of soil degradation, and less use of fuels and energy. We know that customers are looking for lower-carbon intensity products with increased transparency in supply chains, and we’re committed to continuing to expand our efforts to help them meet their sustainability goals and consumer needs,” said Luciano Souza, ADM’s grains director for South America.

The pilot program sets the company on

Agrotech, Company News, IT

FarMart has built data and commerce products to establish a direct farm-to-business supply chain of high-quality and verified agri-produce

FarMart, India’s top intelligent food supply network, has introduced its new-tech platform, Saudabook, to modernise the country’s food sector. FarMart is opening its own ERP (FarMartOS) to all food processors and manufacturers in India. Saudabook is a tech solution that caters specifically to the food processing and manufacturing sector, the company announced.

India’s food manufacturing sector has faced persistent challenges such as limited automation, complex supply chains, and distribution issues. With over three million food processing businesses, many of which are multi-generational family-owned enterprises, this sector contributes significantly to a $500 billion market. Despite the industry’s growth driven by rising domestic consumption and expanding export opportunities, there has been limited tech adoption and automation.

FarMart’s Saudabook aims to transform this scenario by offering its easy-to-use platform, facilitating the digitisation of the entire workflow for food processors. By adopting intelligent procurement processes through Saudabook, businesses can achieve enhanced quality and delivery controls, enabling them to keep pace with the dynamic industry demands, the company claimed.

FarMart has built data and commerce products to establish a direct farm-to-business supply chain of high-quality and verified agri-produce. It boasts a robust network of 3.2 million farmers, 250,000 village-level aggregators who sell produce on the platform, and over 2000 processors and large food businesses that purchase from the platform. With Saudabook, these linkages between India’s food manufacturing industry and India’s farming communities become even stronger, the company informed.

On launch, Alekh Sanghera, Co-founder and CEO, FarMart said, “With SaudaBook, we envision an inclusive and prosperous food economy, where every stakeholder benefits from technological advancements. We firmly believe that digitization holds the key to doubling the food and agriculture contribution to our economy, elevating farmer incomes, and ensuring the world’s access to safe and nutritious food.”

FarMart has built data and commerce products

Company News, Finance, Horticulture, India, Schemes - Govt, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Innoterra received the cluster development program grant at the National Conference India Cold Chain Conclave in New Delhi, India

The Swiss-Indian agri-tech platform company, Innoterra, announced that it has won the prestigious grant award of $6.3 million from the National Horticulture Board (NHB), Government of India.

The grant award letter was presented to Dr Anup Karwa, Director of Input Marketplace. The selection process was steered by national agencies. It involved several rigorous review rounds with senior authorities from NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) and ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) and took 7 months to complete. The grant is given to Innoterra for a 4-year tenure project to strengthen the banana cultivation supply chains in the Anantapur cluster in Andhra Pradesh, India (AP). During the occasion, Innoterra received high praise for its track record in perishables in India.

Speaking about the award, Dr Anup Karwa said, “We are honoured to receive this prestigious grant from the Government of India. This win is a testimony to Innoterra’s strong and growing market position in the agri-space in India. The grant mandates us to strengthen various facets of our supply chain from pre-production and post-harvest to logistics & marketing that will benefit many smallholder farmers in the coming years.”

The Company’s nutrition business comprising perishables, non-perishables, dairy and cattle feed is a foundation and springboard for the platform business. Launched in April 2022, Innoterra’s platform connects the agricultural value chain with two powerful digital orchestration marketplaces. The input marketplace provides farmers with access to farm inputs and the output marketplace connects smallholder farmer households with retailers for offtake. Recently, Innoterra crossed the milestone of onboarding 327,300+ farmer households and 12,500+ retailers on its platform.

Innoterra received the cluster development program grant