Data-Driven Digital Agriculture and Innovations - “What`s Cooking Digital Agriculture Learning Series”

Digital financial services (DFS) are revolutionizing agriculture by improving financial access, supply chain efficiency, and market connectivity for smallholder farmers. This webinar will feature three leading Agri-FinTech startups showcasing:

• Digital payment solutions and financial products for dairy farmers
• Blockchain-driven warehouse receipt financing to improve credit access
• Integrated digital tools connecting farmers with financial services and markets

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025

Time: 08:00 - 9:30 a.m. EDT (Washington, D.C.)

Register here: Registration link 

Part of the FoodSystems 2030 knowledge exchange series, this session fosters collaboration between Indian and Kenyan AgTech and DFS ecosystems for inclusive growth.

Calling All AgTech Innovators! 

The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation Corridor, is excited to launch the Innovate for Impact Challenge - A program designed to fast-track advancements in agricultural technology (AgTech)! This global initiative seeks early-stage, tech-driven startups tackling food security and sustainability challenges.

Prizes:

$50,000 | $10,000 | $5,000

Finalists present at the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue before 1,500+ global leaders!

Apply by April 15, 2025!

Learn more & apply here: World Food Prize Foundation

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Calling sustainability innovators for PepsiCo’s APAC Accelerator Program 2025!

PepsiCo is running a regional accelerator that may interest you/your start-up database in APAC. This program allows sustainability-focused startups in the circular economy, climate action, and sustainable agriculture space to benefit from non-dilutive grants, an in-depth, five-month mentorship with relevant PepsiCo experts and the potential to pilot their solutions. Please let us know if you'd like to forward the email and application tip sheet to your network.

PepsiCo is Looking for Trailblazing Sustainability Startups to Join its Greenhouse Accelerator Program 2025 

PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator Program 2025 seeks early-stage startups across the Asia Pacific to collaborate on the next generation of sustainability innovations. Startups will benefit from access to PepsiCo’s network, dedicated mentorship from PepsiCo leaders and non-dilutive grants. 

Now in its third edition, this one-of-its-kind accelerator program in the region specifically focuses on startups with missions in the circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and climate action fields.

If this sounds like you - or if you know of an early-stage startup that aligns with PepsiCo’s ecosystem - applications are open from today until March 13, 2025. 

 Why Join PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator?

 Non-Dilutive Grants: All 10 finalists receive an initial $20,000 grant. The program winner will take home an additional $100,000.
 Expert Guidance: Seasoned PepsiCo mentors, experts and regional VC partners will provide personalized insights to refine your pilot and strategy.
 Unique Market Insights: Collaborate with PepsiCo as a corporate end user, which provides startups with access to real-world insights on market viability and product feedback.
 Market Opportunities: Finalists will introduce and pitch their ideas to PepsiCo executives, VCs, and investors at 2 live events.

Who Are We Looking For?

Ten startups will be selected for this cohort, based on a range of criteria that directly aligns with PepsiCo’s value chain and sustainability goals. Criteria include:

• •  From pre-revenue up to a maximum of $7M USD in sales in the last financial year
  • Have business operations in one of the participating APAC region markets (China, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Fiji, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vietnam)
  •  Mission-driven innovations in 3 focus areas of Circular Economy, Climate Tech and Sustainable Agriculture
  •  Startups that have achieved in-lab proof of concept with ability to execute defined data protocol
  •  Ability and willingness to deliver performance data based on agreed metrics
  •  Participation from startup leadership (CEO and/or strategy officer must attend program and events)
  •  Ability to forecast scale within scale within markets and/or APAC region beyond initial pilot
  •  Be willing to work with PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator mentors throughout the May to September Accelerator program and attend Accelerator events
  •  Agree to the Terms and Conditions
  •  To ensure fairness and transparency, submissions will be reviewed by an external third party.

For more information on processing your application, please see our tip sheet. 

Apply Now to Our Mentorship-Based Accelerator Program

Don’t miss your chance to develop your business with PepsiCo. Applications are open now through March 13. Apply here: greenhouseaccelerator.com/apac-applications/

Hear From Our Past Winners

“This experience has exceeded our expectations, and we have learned so much. I think we are a different company since being part of this program. If you’re looking at this, press submit now. I guarantee you this is the best corporate innovation program in the entire world.”

• Hai Ho, Co-Founder, Alterno

“The financial support and invaluable mentorship we have received from PepsiCo has 

helped to build up our confidence to grow the business at a scale we couldn’t envision before.” 

• Powered Carbon, 2023 Winner

Learn more at greenhouseaccelerator.com

Join the ICTforAg Learning Network Collaborative Spaces Roundtable on January 8th, 2025!

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to connect with the ICTforAg Learning Network community! At our upcoming virtual Collaborative Spaces Roundtable on January 8th, you'll hear directly from Collaborative Space leads as they:

• Introduce the objectives for each public Collaborative Space
• Share insights on plans for future Collaborative Space engagement
• Answer your questions and explore new ideas together
  
  

This interactive session is open to the public—bring your ideas, questions, and passion for shaping the future of ICT in agriculture! 

Registration is required and space is limited! Register Now.

Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday, January 8
• Time:
• 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM IST
• 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM WAT
• 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EAT
• 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
• 6:30 AM – 8:00 AM PST
• Location: Live on Zoom (register here)

Be part of the conversation to help shape future collaboration on the Learning Network and across digital agriculture. We look forward to seeing you on the 8th!

• (Webinar) Error 404: Farmer not found. How farmers use their phones for agricultural information services
  
  How farmers use their phones for agricultural information services

Rural people are increasingly connected. As a result, countless enterprises and projects target mobile or cellular phones to reach farmers with agronomic information, collect data and provide services.

In theory, mobile phones revolutionize smallholder agriculture, but what has happened in practice?

Join us this for this webinar to learn about the behavioural challenges to be overcome when implementing mobile information services for smallholder agriculture, and a panel discussion of researchers and practitioners.

REGISTER and join here

WEBINAR DATE: Thu, Nov 21

This webinar is brought to you by the CGIAR Digital Innovation Initiative