Farming: Agriculture Tech (AgTech) Trends
- Accelerating human health wellness trend: especially since COVID
- High-tech & data driven: traditional farming is no longer reliable as customers require consistency of productivity & quality
- Cleaner & Slicker: customers demand less chemicals and dirts in food production
- Higher profits margin: customers need to see how it's being grown
- Sustainability: more responsible to earth, winning all the supports from customers & governments
Agtech Investments Growing
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In Q1’ 2021, agricultural tech deal activities hit a record high of nearly $ 2000M across 149 deals. The flow of capital is shifting within the AgriFood market towards later stage and larger deals as it continues to mature.
New entreprenurs worldwide are more keen on starting this type of businesses |
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High Tech Farming is a Global Trend
- Singapore awarded nearly US$900,000 to 9 high-tech farms to ramp up food production.
- Silicon Valley vertical farming labs set sights on China to capitalize on the country's growing demand for food production and food safety.
- North America accounted for the largest market share of high-tech farming in 2020.
Problems for New Age Farmers
Technology
No access to tech sources and suppliers |
Space
Lack of working space for actual testing and farming |
Visibility
Not accesible to customers or investors |
The Solution: ECO-X Sites
Coworking space for high tech farmers and growers entrepreurs and startups
Critical Audience #1
Global Agtech Suppliers
Facing the obstacles of lacking technological support & unaffordable cost?
What we do:
What we do:
- Bring in the new, cutting-edge agriculture technologies around the world
- Free trials & real tests
- Try out the latest technologies for your crop harvest and promotion, raise your yield and profit to the next level
Critical Audience #2
High End B2B & B2C Clients
Our high-tech areas attract high-end b2b & b2c customers for your crops.
What we do:
What we do:
- Regularly invite Michelin stars/global hoteliers, restaurant owners etc for site visit
- Direct Farm to Plate in reduced timing
- Ideal locations within city areas (easier to access especially during COVID)
- Higher profit margins
Critical Audience #3
Agriculture Supply Chain
High-tech farming requires materials and complex processes between parties before and after your growing phase.
What we do:
What we do:
- Work with new agtech material suppliers, provide new ideas to streamline and optimize your chain process
- Streamlined process enables you to focus on growing instead of doing tedious paperwork
- Maximize the value of your agriculture supply chain
Critical Audience #4
Sustainability Investors
Sustainability and food-related focus is a very important factor to investment. Many sustainability / impact investors are looking for good companies to fund.
What we do:
What we do:
- Refocus and show investors your strengths and efforts in high-tech farming
- Higher chance to obtain funding/ investment
Critical Audience #5
Press, Media, Government
High-tech farming, sustainability are very good material to attract press / media exposure
What we do:
What we do:
- Organizing press events and bring your achievements of high-tech farming to the stage
- Winning all government support which may continue to provide alternative helps and endorsements to your development
Locations of ECO-X Sites
Below is a list of our ECO-X Sites. The locations can be indoors or outdoors, and currently focusing on crop/vegetation growing.
1/ Thailand - Ban Khwao, Chaiyaphum
Thailand's major export is rice, and this site is used for all forms of sustainability innovation for farming, which in turn helps other farms.
2/ Indonesia - Tirta Agrapana Tompaso, Talikuran, Tompaso, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Holistic farm growing edamame and a variety of fruits for high end hotels.
3/ Malaysia - Kampung Bandar Tinggi, 71600 Kuala Klawang
23 acres of pineapple and durian farm land suitable for all types of innovation testing
China - Yantai, Shangdong
Cherry and apple farms and fish rearing are main staple in Yantai. in progress
China - Xuzhou
Farming related innovation. in progress
Canada - Vancouver
In progress
Additional Immigration Benefits for Canada
- High-tech farming as a strategic country direction, and a strong, unique immigration point
- Suitable for use by overseas immigrants as application requirements
- New self-owned business with promising future
- Mature immigrants do not need to find further employment, which is difficult at their age
- Collateral services provided to speed up citizenship application
Italy - Campagna
In progress
Joining a Strong Community
- Share, learn, and do business with like-minded people
- Share & gain insights and experience with other high-tech farmers
- Meet potential business partners & collaborators
- Share farming data to increase profits
- Big network to attract customers, press and media
Other Community Activities:
Business Matching:
- Potential biz partners
- b2b & b2c clients for revenue Investors
- Free demonstrations & test trials
- Community exchange with industry experts
- Promotions & biz focused activities
- Global new tech suppliers roadshows, refreshed regularly with latest technologies
- b2b potential clients, investors, press, government tours