Stalker was perusing an item on the agriculture sector in Canada when this line jumped off the page.
“Agtech has suddenly become an asset class that’s critical in the short term to preserve our ability to feed our own population”.
Uttered by Sean O’Connor, managing director of the venture capital arm of Saskatchewan’s Conexus Credit Union and its Emmertech agtech fund, the sentiment is as true for Ireland as it is for Canada.
He went on to say: “We’ve got a growing worldwide population, so we need to increase yields while also reducing our carbon footprint in this space.” Seems like we’re all in the same boat really.
