Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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Kubota’s August 2020 announcement introduced a 35-hectare demonstration site in Chonburi, combining machinery trials, cultivation methods and training around the practical conditions of Southeast Asian agriculture.
Malaysia’s Poladrone announced a US$4.29 million seed round in October 2021, linking drone development with service centres, spare parts and training for agricultural customers across the region.
Aerobotics announced a $17 million Series B in January 2021, backing further technology development and international delivery of agricultural intelligence tools from a company founded in Cape Town, South Africa.
VitiBot announced in July 2022 that SDF had acquired a majority stake, combining the French company’s electric Bakus vineyard robots with the manufacturing and commercial capabilities of an established agricultural-equipment group.
Swiss company Ecorobotix announced a $52 million funding package in May 2023 to expand its plant-recognition and precision-spraying business, with the Americas identified as an important market for growth.
Dogtooth’s strawberry-harvesting robot appeared at the 2023 Global Investment Summit, bringing a commercial agricultural-robotics example into a UK investment showcase and highlighting automation for tabletop fruit production systems.
Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation committed A$7 million to SwarmFarm Robotics in October 2025, supporting production of lightweight autonomous platforms used for spraying and other agricultural work with interchangeable attachments.
Zambia’s Industrial Development Corporation reported its participation in the April 2025 AgriTech Expo, while Italy’s trade agency organised a machinery pavilion, illustrating the event’s role in agricultural investment and technical exchange.
The University of the Free State’s new greenhouse combines applied crop trials with training in data-led management under semi-arid conditions.
New Macdonald Campus infrastructure combines hands-on greenhouse teaching with a joint plant-phenotyping platform involving Université de Sherbrooke.
An agrifood webinar report proposes easier comparison of AI tools and stronger shared data foundations to address adoption barriers.
A Nairobi agreement creates a collaboration framework for agroecology, climate resilience and evidence-based rural development in Africa.
