Agriculture – DIGIT INFO

Blockchain at a crossroads: From Davos hype to global impact

DIGIT — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:17:36 +0000

The evolution of blockchain continues at pace. It’s time to examine progress, challenges and future potential in humanitarian and development sectors.

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Russia Pushes for New Precious Metals Platform to Reshape BRICS Trade

DIGIT — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 05:30:25 +0000

Russia pushed for the creation of a BRICS platform to trade precious metals and diamonds at the BRICS Summit, criticizing excessive global trade regulations. President Vladimir Putin emphasized the need to bypass barriers that stifle the market. The summit also backed a BRICS Grain Exchange to ensure stable agricultural trade, highlighting efforts to boost cooperation […]

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Blockchain helps harvesting better avocados in Kenya — Here’s how

DIGIT — Thu, 30 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Small-scale farmers lack the essential tools to address significant challenges in avocado production. Here’s how blockchain and AI can help them.

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Agridex Raises $5 Million to Expand Agricultural Tokenization on Solana

DIGIT — Fri, 10 May 2024 01:41:44 +0000

In a recent funding initiative, the Solana-based Agridex project secured $5 million in a pre-seed round aimed at enhancing the tokenization of agricultural commodities. The funding, led by Endeavour Ventures, included contributions from African Crops Limited and Oldenburg Vineyards. Agridex Attracts $5 Million to Develop Solana-Powered Agricultural Marketplace Agridex‘s platform, which operates on the Solana […]

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Blockchain technology lets East African farmers sell globally

DIGIT — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:21:39 +0000

Blockchains’ tracing capacities can help certify that crops weren’t grown by razing woodlands or harvested with child labor.

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Smart contract-enabled insurance holds promise, but can it be scaled?

DIGIT — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:13:00 +0000

Blockchains can help to insure the world’s uninsured, but daunting challenges remain: How does one explain crop insurance to indigent farmers?

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Agricultural fund provider Teucrium files with SEC for Bitcoin ETF

DIGIT — Fri, 21 May 2021 11:51:12 +0000

Agriculture-focused fund provider Teucrium Trading filed an application with the U.S. SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF tracking BTC futures.

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Tokenized agriculture could provide economic relief to Argentine farmers

DIGIT — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:33:45 +0000

Blockchain proponents claim that agricultural asset-backed tokens would make it easier for farmers in Argentina to attract investment and access liquidity amid a nationwide economic crisis.

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Blockchain-based agri-commodity trading to tap world’s largest wheat market

DIGIT — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:34:40 +0000

Blockchain will streamline trade from Europe’s grain belt.

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Blockchain platform connects Indian farmers to UAE food industry

DIGIT — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 06:20:00 +0000

Agriota E-Marketplace may give farmers in India more access to the UAE’s multi-billion dollar food industry.

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