By Mark Tsang, Head of Data at AgUnity and Concept Creator at AgriUT The recent COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (UK) resulted in a plethora of pledges, commitments and declarations including agreements to “phase down” unabated coal and “phase out” fossil fuel subsidies; reduce methane emissions by 30%…

Successfully handling innumerable information and technology based projects along the last 37 years, Founder and CEO of Digital Business Innovation Srl, Antonio Grasso, is regarded as one of the industries top researchers and digital transformation influencers; delving regularly into the topics of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Blockchain, the Internet of Things…

Growing up around Asia, in particular Indonesia and India, Paget Hargreaves, CEO of AgriUT, witnessed firsthand the hardships faced by farmers in the last mile. “One of the things that stuck in my mind is seeing smiling children on their way to school, coming out of impoverished living conditions in…

By Curtis Chappel, Blockchain Training and Blockchain Consulting. All coffee shop owners, both global franchises as well as one-off cafés, are always trying to find new ways to find and retain customers. …

With the release of the preliminary agenda for the free-to-attend Virtual Agri-D Convention, being held on the 12th November, there is a lot to get excited about. — With an extensive range of topical discussion over the impact of technology as a tool to support sustainable, inclusive, and more resilient food systems of the future. The centre stage has been clearly saved to focus the discussion on the human aspects of agriculture and the food industry. Bringing attention to the important role blockchain and other technologies can play in supporting sustainable and social development in all aspects of the sector.

By Mark Tsang, Head of Data at AgUnity and Concept Creator at AgriUT Blockchains and digital tokens have taken center stage as a solution for many problems that we face today. The process of tokenisation represents real world assets as a digital token so that they can be easily processed…

By Mark Tsang, AgUnity Head of Data This is a summary of a report from the Better Than Cash Alliance and World Cocoa Foundation, published in 2020 that examines the “Hidden Costs of Cash to Ghana’s Cocoa Sector”. Authors are Daniel Waldron, Marjolaine Chaintreau and Oswell Kahonde. Source: https://www.betterthancash.org/explore-resources/the-hidden-costs-of-cash-to-ghanas-cocoa-sectors Chocolate! What images, sensations and yearnings did that single word conjure up in you?

By Mark Tsang, AgUnity Head of Data The 1990’s was characterised by an acceleration of the globalisation process but economic growth was limited to a few developed countries. The new millennium saw other economies also accelerate their economic growth rates to lift millions of people out of poverty. China itself…

If you are a coffee drinker then you’ve probably enjoyed the produce of a small holder farmer in a developing nation. Likewise for chocolate. They are the origins of a number of important food supply chains yet they live a precarious existence, vulnerable to many environmental, political and financial threats…