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CropsExecutives from IKEA, Royal Canin and Yara told a forum in Beijing that regenerative agriculture has proved itself in pilots, but no one has settled who carries the cost and risk of scaling it up.
AgrotechSpeakers at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London said biocontrols and biofertilisers will succeed by working reliably alongside existing crop programmes, while Europe's slow approvals hold the sector back.
AgrotechAgroNetica, a US arm of Israel's BetterSeeds, says its CRISPR-edited cacao showed 42% less black pod damage in Penn State assays and is drawing interest from four major chocolate makers.
Agri-TechE director Dr Belinda Clarke says supermarkets and supply chain firms investing in agtech, alongside strong UK public funding, give start-ups an alternative to venture capital in a hard market.
CropsProfessor Paul Teng of Singapore's ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute says ASEAN has a regenerative agriculture framework but no system that brings crop loss, insurance and finance together for its 100 million farmers.
LivestockA 500-cow family dairy near Galena, Illinois, is earning extra income from farm tours, cheese and merchandise while higher corn prices and summer cooling bills squeeze its milk margins.
