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Bees, Wines and Rice: Three Japanese Agtech Start-ups to Watch

At the recent Nikkei Ag/Sum Agritech Summit, Tokyo welcomed agtech and food tech start-ups from around the world to exhibit and present.  However, some of the highlights were Japan’s own homegrown start-ups, who may have gotten less attention because less information was available in English. In the global agtech universe, if you mention Japan, the […]

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Market Trends

View from Japan: Where is Agtech Investment Headed?

The May 23-25 Ag/Sum Agritech Summit in Tokyo brought together start-ups, agtech consulting and investors from overseas with start-ups, food and agri-industrial companies, IT companies, banks, government representatives from Japan. This was the third start-up event organized by Nikkei, and this time it focused on agtech and “the ways that disruptive technology is fusing with […]

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Meros talks wagyu beef industry on NHK’s Biz Buzz Japan

Meros Global Markets Director Lucia Vancura will be appearing on this season’s Biz Buzz Japan (NHK World) episode Wagyu: The Business of Japanese Beef, joined by chef and food blogger Marc Matsumoto and hosted by Jon Kabira. The term wagyu is increasingly known in international markets as a type of beef developed in Japan.  Wagyu, […]

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Start-ups targeting farmers stand out among African start-ups

Thomson Reuters has announced the finalists for its African Startups Challenge, a competition seeking top start-ups that make a good investment or partnership opportunity for Thomson Reuters and its customers. 7 of the 14 finalists were entrepreneurs directly targeting small farmers. The finalists have innovations in fields such as in Agri-tech, Big data analytics, Blockchain, […]

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Bulgaria’s Spice Trade Slowly Opening to New Flavors

Meros consultant Tina Peneva investigated Bulgaria’s spice market for the Bacchus magazine to identify recent trends in the market. Bulgaria is a small yet important player in the global spice market, estimated at USD 13 billion. Bulgaria’s strategic geographic location has made it one of the important hubs for spice distribution in Eastern Europe. Bulgaria’s […]

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Company News

NHK’s World’s Episode Highlights Agtech in Japan and Kenya

Meros’ Lucia Vancura recently appeared as a panelist on NHK World’s BizBuzz Japan episode on agribusiness, discussing the trends in ag tech, food innovation and the rise of “telephone farming” in Kenya, together with economist Jasper Kohl and NHK host Jon Kabira. Topics included innovations and business ideas that can address the rising global demand […]

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  • #food innovation
  • #Japan
  • #Meros
  • #NHK World
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Hello world!

Welcome to Meros Consulting! We are committed to exploring and expanding economic opportunities in global food, agriculture and natural resource markets in Asia and the world.

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