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Sustainable Agriculture
Canada’s food system faces growing pressures from climate change, resource constraints, and economic volatility. Agtech can help producers improve productivity, optimize resource use, and strengthen food security to build more resilient food systems.
Browse the latest articles, insights, and perspectives on the technologies and practices shaping sustainable agriculture, from precision farming and smart irrigation to soil health and food sovereignty.
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February 13, 2024 Report Canada’s Ventures to Value Chains: Agri-Foods Canada’s Ventures to Value Chains: Agri-Foods is part of a Foresight initiative leveraging data from technology companies and other key stakeholders to map, categorize, and analyze strategically important industry value chains for Canada in the clean economy. View Report -
November 3, 2021 Article Reflections from COP26: Lessons in Agtech from the Netherlands Lost and damaged crops due to drought, wildfire, floods, and other extreme weather events have been affecting Canadians for years, with this summer illuminating the issues of food security and resiliency even more. View Article -
August 23, 2021 Article BLG: AgTech meets energy: Considerations for agtech startups Our event partner BLG captured some great takeways from our Agtech event in Alberta last month. These tips would be useful to startups in any sector. View Article -
July 23, 2020 Article Future Economy Series: Agriculture and Food Webinar Recap Road to 2050 - Bridging the Gap Between Challenges and Solutions in Agriculture and Food report that provides a snapshot of the roadmaps and approaches in use in the agriculture and food sector in BC View Article -
July 16, 2020 Article THE ROAD TO 2050 – Bridging the Gap Between Challenges and Solutions in Agriculture and Food Agriculture, food and seafood, including primary production in agriculture, aquaculture, commercial fisheries and the processing of food and beverages, is a $14.95 billion industry in BC. View Article