{"id":14042,"date":"2024-05-23T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/?p=14042"},"modified":"2024-05-28T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T20:36:49","slug":"16-start-ups-leading-the-charge-for-south-american-agriculture-innovation-at-world-agri-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/es\/16-start-ups-leading-the-charge-for-south-american-agriculture-innovation-at-world-agri-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Start-Ups Leading the Charge for South American Agriculture Innovation at World Agri-Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Agri-Tech South America Summit in S\u00e3o Paulo on June 18-19 will showcase 16 home-grown and international early-stage agtech innovators solving the biggest pain points in South America\u2019s agri-food system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From fungicides for tropical crops and inoculated seeds designed for extreme environments, to dMRV platforms de-risking nature investments, and AI-powered outbreak forecasting, discover the technologies of tomorrow and the hotshots behind ready-to-scale solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-fluent-crm-conditional-content\"><div class=\"fc-cond-blocks\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c1a4c1ee8bafae5d5065b126af965af\" style=\"color:#555555\"><strong>No se lo pierda.<\/strong> Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn para recibir los \u00faltimos contenidos directamente en su bandeja de entrada, o <a href=\"https:\/\/tribu.la\/es\/registrese-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reg\u00edstrese en<\/a> GRATIS para obtener acceso completo.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='fluentform ff-default fluentform_wrapper_2  ff_guten_block ff_guten_block-2 ffs_default_wrap'><form data-form_id=\"2\" id=\"fluentform_2\" class=\"frm-fluent-form fluent_form_2 ff-el-form-top ff_form_instance_2_1 ff-form-loading ffs_default\" data-form_instance=\"ff_form_instance_2_1\" method=\"POST\" action=\"\" ><fieldset  style=\"border: none!important;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;background-color: transparent!important;box-shadow: none!important;outline: none!important; 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Delegates can book in 1-1 meetings to uncover the next big solution that could future-proof their business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sensix (Brazil)<\/strong> IoT platform gathers farm information flow with real-time fertility, crop, biomass, satellite imagery insights to generate recommendations that influence crop profitability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nutristrahl (Brazil) <\/strong>has developed lipid micelle encapsulation nanotechnology to accelerate crop ripening, reduce input costs and shorten molting time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SpaceAg (Peru) <\/strong>software digitizes field evaluations, integrating farmers\u2019 information for efficient decision-making on irrigation and fertilization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>VM Agritech (USA)<\/strong> has developed a broad-spectrum fungicide to combat pathogenic resistance, focusing mainly on tropical crops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Terradot (USA) <\/strong>MRV platform aims to accelerate permanent carbon 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