Agriculture
Digerati50: Michael Simon, the TV producer, taking farming to greater heights
Finds perfect middle ground between tech and agriculture to change farming
Aspires to change the face of paddy farming in Malaysia, a Khazanah startup winner
Agrobank to boost sustainable digitalisation in agriculture
Agrobank aims to provide holistic financial solutions and banking services to various segments of the agriculture community.
Aerodyne Group strengthens agriculture capabilities with strategic partnerships in Japan
Partnership with Real Tech Fund, Kobashi Holdings and ACSL to solidify position in Japan
Impetus to Agrimor solution, Aerodyne’s latest engine of growth in agriculture space
MDEC, CIMB Islamic ink US$2.4 mil MOU to scale Agtech pilot
The MDEC-CIMB Islamic MOU will extend an extensive micro-financing programme aimed at helping farmers adopting digital technology to improve yield and revenue.
MDEC, CIMB bolster digital capabilities for farmers
MDEC and CIMB Bank Group’s initiative on digital agriculture has yielded strong results, and help empower digital adoption among farmers
MTDC Main Funding Partner For National Technology and Innovation Sandbox Programme
Sandbox main goal to reduce manual labor reliance, enhance food security
Will create rich opportunities for entrepreneurs to use new technologies
Poladrone unleashes the Oryctes agricultural spot precision drone
The rhinoceros beetle is a pest to oil palm plantations; Poladrone’s latest innovation utilises RTK positioning to monitor and provide spot spraying to keep them at bay.
Digerati50: Eye in the sky for plantations
Four years into building Poladrone, Cheong Jin Xi shares a key lesson learnt so far: “Having a strong peer support group to bounce ideas and opinions with, is extremely important. As we entrepreneurs are involved in the business every single day, it is easy to lose perspective and make wrong decisions,” he warns.
Poladrone, with edge in data analytics, now looks to drone automation
Cheong Jin Xi always wanted to start a company but just needed a working business model. He found it with drones.
‘Blockchain a gateway to new economic development for Indonesia’
Chatib Basri, an economist and the country's former Minister of Finance, joins Hara in an advisory role.
