GLOBAL investments in agriculture technology startups fell 30% in 2016 as investor interest in companies offering drones and satellite-guided farm machines cooled following the biggest capital inflow ever a year earlier, according to a study released last week.
Still, the number of deals grew 10% from 2015 to a record 580, and the US$3.23bil invested by venture capitalists and others was the second highest annual total on record for the sector, according to the annual report from food and agriculture investment platform AgFunder.
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