Mapping Brazil’s foodtech movement
FoodTech Movement has created a map of Brazil’s food start-ups and entrepreneurial activity, which it says will help facilitate and speed up the food chain’s ‘tech revolution’.
Archives for June 10, 2019
Mexico blocks Walmart’s acquisition of Cornershop
Mexican regulatory authority COFECE has blocked Walmart’s acquisition of e-commerce platform Cornershop on the grounds it could hinder competition.
WATCH: São Paulo start-up brings fermented protein tempeh to Brazil
São Paulo start-up Mun is bringing tempeh - a protein made from whole, fermented pulses that originates from Indonesia - to Brazil. We caught up with the co-founder at BioBrazil last week.
Peruvian government invests $19m in dairy technology
MINAGRI, the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, through its AGROIDEAS program (Compensation Program for Competitiveness), has co-financed business plans related to the adoption of technology for 6,167 small and medium dairy farms.
Commodities
Venezuela’s cocoa floods market as oil sanctions deepen economic crisis
Political and economic turmoil sees Venezuelans switching to cocoa to trade for currency, causing dip in its quality.