AgriFood Signals: Uber’s $14.8bn bid for Delivery Hero, Hippo Harvest banks $30m, agentic AI for ag
AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foo…
泰禾股份专利产品凌翘®出海，首批制剂产品抵达柬埔寨
世界农化网中文网报道：2026年7月5日，泰禾股份凌翘®（环丙氟虫胺）制剂产品Taibond 114DC首批运抵柬埔寨西哈努克港。
Guinea worm: Why disease eradication is so rare
In 2025, just 10 people worldwide were diagnosed with Guinea worm disease. Four decades earlier, the parasitic infection afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people every year across 21 countries in Africa and Asia. This decline has brought Guinea worm closer than ever to becoming the second human disease in history to be eradicated.
Sightera raises €3M to advance AI-generated molecular glues
Why it matters: Sightera is betting that better biological data, rather than increasingly powerful AI alone, can address one of computational drug discovery’s biggest challenges: translating promising laboratory predictions into medicines that work in patients.
Rize lands $31m to help rice farmers cut methane emissions, water usage
Singapore-based Rize has raised $31 million in Series B funding from a mix of climate-focused and development finance in…
FAO—中国南南合作信托基金落地农药治理项目，首批覆盖亚非五国
世界农化网中文网报道：7月13日，联合国粮食及农业组织（FAO）与中国农业农村部正式启动FAO—中国南南合作信托基金计划加强农药全程管理能力建设项目，标志着聚焦发展中国家农药治理升级、促进更加安全更可持续农业生产的全新合作倡议全面落地、正式实施。
🎥 Inside Faraday Earth’s bid to make cheap green ammonia without Haber-Bosch
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…
英国修订咪鲜胺、氯氟醚菌唑及二氰蒽醌最大残留限量
世界农化网中文网报道：近期，英国健康与安全执行局（HSE）对GB农药最大残留限量法定登记册进行了修订，更新了咪鲜胺（imazalil）、氯氟醚菌唑（mefentrifluconazole）和二氰蒽醌（dithianon）三款农药活性成分在多种农产品中的最大残留限量（MRL）。
🎥 Can non thermal plasma seed treatment move from lab curiosity to broadacre reality?
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Sylvarum] Using non-thermal plasma or high voltage …
连续五个季度攀升：巴西农村生产者违约率达8.8%，北部地区最高
世界农化网中文网报道：巴西农业部门的财务压力在2026年第一季度持续加剧。根据Serasa Experian发布的最新数据，农村生产者违约率（即逾期超过180天的债务占比）升至8.8%，创下该统计系列启动以来的最高水平。