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Practical AI in Post-Harvest Systems: Cutting Waste, Boosting Value

If farming is about producing food, post-harvest is about preserving its value. And yet, this is the stage where the world loses 30–40%...

Vidhya Belapure

Sep 42 min read

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Practical AI in Post-Harvest Systems: Cutting Waste, Boosting Value

If farming is about producing food, post-harvest is about preserving its value. And yet, this is the stage where the world loses 30–40%...

Sep 42 min read

AI in Food Systems: From Buzz to Real Benefit

All of us have sat through our share of ag-tech conferences. They’re full of energy, packed with startups and researchers showing off...

Sep 43 min read

Practical AI for Ag-Input Producers: Beyond Margins and Middlemen

Small and mid-size ag-input producers, fertilizers, biologicals, seeds, crop protection, play a vital role in food systems. They are...

Sep 43 min read

AI That Works for the 90%: Principles for Real Adoption

Over the past few essays, we’ve looked at AI through the lens of adoption for three key groups in food systems: Ag-input producers ,...

Sep 42 min read

Practical AI for Farmers: Tools That Fit the Daily Decision Cycle

Farmers face a different reality than ag-input producers. Their challenges are immediate, local, and personal: whether to irrigate today,...

Sep 43 min read

Culture in M&A: Why Amalgamation, Not Assimilation, Is the Only Path to Value

After more than two decades and over ten integrations, I have a deep appreciation for what Peter Drucker wrote: “Culture Eats Strategy...

Sep 24 min read

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