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The meeting marked the start of an ambitious collaboration focused on strengthening resilience, systems thinking, and risk management competences within the European agri-food sector. Developed under the Erasmus+ framework, SYSARM responds to the growing challenges faced by agriculture and food systems across Europe,...","The implementation of the SYSARM - Systems Thinking for Agricultural Risk Management project has officially begun following a successful kick-off meeting held in Napoli, Italy. The meeting marked the start of an ambitious collaboration focused on strengthening resilience, systems thinking, and risk management competences within the European agri-food sector. Developed under the Erasmus+ framework, SYSARM responds to the growing challenges faced by agriculture and food systems across Europe, including climate change, market volatility, digital transformation, and increasing systemic risks. Through innovative educational approaches such as modular MOOCs, interactive simulators, and simulation-based learning experiences, the project aims to equip adult learners, farmers, SMEs, and rural professionals with practical tools for adaptive and strategic decision-making. The consortium brings together dedicated partners from Italy, Romania, Poland, and Bulgaria, combining expertise in agriculture, adult education, innovation, and digital learning. During the meeting in Napoli, partners discussed the project roadmap, implementation activities, educational methodologies, and long-term impact goals aligned with the Pact for Skills, GreenComp, and the European Skills Agenda. AgriVentures contributes its expertise in agri-food innovation ecosystems, stakeholder engagement, and dissemination activities. AgriVentures expressed its gratitude and enthusiasm for being part of such a forward-looking initiative alongside respected European partners committed to building a more resilient and future-ready agricultural sector. The kick-off meeting laid the foundation for strong cooperation and knowledge exchange between all participating organizations, officially launching the next phase of SYSARM implementation and its mission to advance systems thinking in agricultural adult education across Europe. The role of Agriventures in supporting agrifood innovation As the agritech startup ecosystem grows across Europe, initiatives such as Agriventures are helping connect entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and policymakers working in agriculture and food innovation. Agriventures focuses on supporting agrifood startups, biotechnology innovation, and access to European funding for agriculture, while also helping entrepreneurs navigate the complex landscape of startup financing, venture capital, and research commercialization. By strengthening connections between startups, research institutions, investors, and farmers, Agriventures contributes to building a stronger agricultural innovation ecosystem that can accelerate the transition toward sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems. Through knowledge sharing, events, and ecosystem building, Agriventures helps ensure that promising agritech innovations can scale and reach farmers, food producers, and global markets.",{"image":810},{"url":811,"altText":805},"wix:image:\u002F\u002Fv1\u002F11062b_e5c1d7efe62f42fb98da20eea36a32c8~mv2.jpg\u002FPupils%20in%20Greenhouse.jpg#originWidth=5616&originHeight=3744","2026-05-30T20:06:28.000Z",[],[815,819],{"_id":816,"label":817,"slug":818},"b759c01d-1f8c-4d93-993b-c82e8285d11d","Agriventures updates","agriventures-updates",{"_id":820,"label":821,"slug":822},"4df0061f-1f9e-4f0d-8498-4ac293a4fd16","Events","events","https:\u002F\u002Fxpsc9qx4zmq8jvdz5c8j.agriventures.co\u002Fpost\u002Fsysarm-officially-launches-with-kick-off-meeting-in-napoli-italy",[],[],[],{"_id":828,"title":829,"slug":830,"excerpt":831,"contentText":832,"featuredMedia":833,"firstPublishedDate":836,"lastPublishedDate":836,"hashtags":837,"tags":838,"url":845,"language":796,"memberId":846,"pinned":798,"featured":798,"commentingEnabled":4,"translations":847,"categoryIds":848,"relatedPostIds":849},"db1cac2e-44dd-4841-9889-d2f8cefeeca2","SAFE-AGRI Initiative officially kicks off","safe-agri-initiative-officially-kicks-off","Agriventures is proud to officially launch the SAFE-AGRI Initiative — a new effort focused on exploring the future of secure, responsible, and resilient agri-food innovation in Europe. As agriculture rapidly evolves through AI, robotics, biotechnology, drones, sensors, and digital data infrastructures, new opportunities are emerging alongside important ethical, societal, and security-related questions. SAFE-AGRI was created to help address these challenges through collaboration, foresight,...","Agriventures is proud to officially launch the SAFE-AGRI Initiative — a new effort focused on exploring the future of secure, responsible, and resilient agri-food innovation in Europe. As agriculture rapidly evolves through AI, robotics, biotechnology, drones, sensors, and digital data infrastructures, new opportunities are emerging alongside important ethical, societal, and security-related questions. SAFE-AGRI was created to help address these challenges through collaboration, foresight, and inclusive innovation approaches. Over the coming months, the initiative will bring together researchers, agri-tech innovators, farmers, policymakers, civil society organisations, and experts from across sectors to explore the future of: Digital agriculture and AI-driven systems Biotechnology and agricultural innovation Food security and resilience Responsible governance of emerging technologies As part of the initiative, Agriventures will facilitate participatory foresight and co-creation activities that will contribute to the development of practical governance approaches and an ORRI-based framework for evaluating agri-food innovations and their broader societal impact. The first activities and events are already taking shape, and we are excited to begin engaging with stakeholders, innovators, researchers, and the wider agri-food community. Stay tuned for upcoming workshops, discussions, insights, and opportunities to participate in shaping the future of responsible agri-food innovation. Agriventures continues to support innovators, startups, researchers, and organisations working at the intersection of agriculture, biotechnology, sustainability, and emerging technologies. Through initiatives such as Safe-Agri, we aim not only to foster responsible innovation, but also to help ideas grow into impactful European collaborations and funded research opportunities. Whether you are looking for consortium partners, support in developing Horizon Europe proposals, or opportunities to participate in future agri-food innovation activities, we welcome new connections and collaborations across Europe. For partnership opportunities, consortium support, and Horizon Europe collaboration inquiries:📩 start@agriventures.co Explore more: Agriventures Official Website Agriventures Connect Platform As the agritech startup ecosystem continues to grow across Europe, Agriventures remains committed to connecting entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, policymakers, and industry stakeholders working to shape the future of sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. By strengthening connections between startups, research institutions, investors, and farmers, Agriventures contributes to building a stronger agricultural innovation ecosystem that can accelerate the transition toward sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems. Through knowledge sharing, events, and ecosystem building, Agriventures helps ensure that promising agritech innovations can scale and reach farmers, food producers, and global markets. Safe-Agri is funded within the framework of the REINFORCING project. REINFORCING has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101094687. The project is supported by the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, the REA, or the REINFORCING consortium. 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AgroDigiRise 2.0 brings together key stakeholders from agriculture, technology, research, and entrepreneurship to support the adoption of advanced digital solutions across farming and food production ecosystems. The initiative focuses on helping farmers, SMEs, startups, and agribusiness organisations access...","Agriventures is proud to announce its onboarding in the second edition of AgroDigiRise 2.0 - the Bulgarian European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) for agriculture, led by AgroHub.BG. AgroDigiRise 2.0 brings together key stakeholders from agriculture, technology, research, and entrepreneurship to support the adoption of advanced digital solutions across farming and food production ecosystems. The initiative focuses on helping farmers, SMEs, startups, and agribusiness organisations access innovation services, technological expertise, training opportunities, and practical support for implementing digital and AI-driven solutions. As part of the AgroDigiRise 2.0 ecosystem, Agriventures will contribute through its expertise in agrifood innovation, startup acceleration, deep tech ecosystems, and international collaboration. The participation strengthens the organisation’s mission to bridge innovation with real-world agricultural challenges while helping emerging technologies reach practical implementation across Europe. European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) play an important role in supporting the digital competitiveness of regional ecosystems. Through services such as “test before invest,” digital readiness assessments, innovation mentoring, and access to specialised expertise, EDIHs enable organisations to adopt technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), precision agriculture systems, IoT, robotics, biotechnology applications, and data-driven farm management solutions. The second edition of AgroDigiRise further strengthens collaboration between research, entrepreneurship, and sustainable agricultural development in Bulgaria and beyond. Through networking activities, pilot initiatives, international cooperation, and knowledge exchange, the programme contributes to building a more resilient and innovation-driven agri-food sector. Through initiatives like these, Agriventures Innovation Ecosystem continues to support entrepreneurship, deep tech innovation, agrifood technology, biotechnology, sustainability, and international collaboration across Europe. For partnership opportunities, consortium support, and Horizon Europe collaboration inquiries: start@agriventures.co Explore more Agriventures Official Website Agriventures Connect Platform The role of Agriventures in supporting agrifood innovation As the agritech startup ecosystem grows across Europe, initiatives such as Agriventures are helping connect entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and policymakers working in agriculture and food innovation. Agriventures focuses on supporting agrifood startups, biotechnology innovation, and access to European funding for agriculture, while also helping entrepreneurs navigate the complex landscape of startup financing, venture capital, and research commercialisation. By strengthening connections between startups, research institutions, investors, and farmers, Agriventures contributes to building a stronger agricultural innovation ecosystem that can accelerate the transition toward sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems. 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At the same time, agriculture and food systems remain central to the European Green Deal, the Bioeconomy Strategy and the transition toward more resilient regional economies. According to European Commission data, the EU generates more than 59 million tonnes of food waste annually, while agriculture remains one of the largest users...","Europe’s agri-food systems are under increasing pressure from climate change, resource depletion, food waste, rising production costs and supply chain instability. At the same time, agriculture and food systems remain central to the European Green Deal, the Bioeconomy Strategy and the transition toward more resilient regional economies. According to European Commission data, the EU generates more than 59 million tonnes of food waste annually, while agriculture remains one of the largest users of water, land and biological resources. Large quantities of agricultural residues, manure, processing side streams and organic waste remain underutilised despite their strong potential for circular valorisation, renewable energy production, biomaterials and regenerative farming applications. In Bulgaria specifically, circular transition in agriculture still faces major structural barriers despite strong biomass potential and growing innovation activity. Research from the Bulgarian bioeconomy and biomass assessment landscape shows that Bulgaria has significant agricultural and forestry resources, with approximately 47.1% agricultural land and 38% forest coverage, alongside large underutilised biomass streams from cereals, sunflower, vineyards, orchards and livestock systems. The country generates substantial residual biomass potential from agriculture, including over 6.6 million tonnes of agricultural residues annually according to S2BIOM assessments, alongside nearly 3.9 million tonnes biomass potential from unused lands. Livestock manure also presents major opportunities for biogas, biofertilisers and circular nutrient management, with estimated electricity generation potential exceeding 313 GWh annually. Despite these opportunities, the transition toward circular agrifood systems remains fragmented. Stakeholder mapping and field research conducted within Circular Voices identified recurring barriers across communication, regulation, financing, skills and innovation ecosystems. These include weak collaboration between universities and businesses, fragmented information flows, lack of practical education, insufficient cooperation between stakeholders, unclear regulatory processes and limited access to coordinated support mechanisms for circular innovation. Additional challenges include: limited visibility of successful circular practices lack of farmer-oriented communication approaches insufficient advisory and innovation systems low cooperation between public institutions and innovators shortages of skilled human resources and technical know-how inadequate platforms connecting startups, researchers, farmers and industry actors limited financial instruments adapted to circular business models At the same time, Europe is seeing rapid growth in circular bioeconomy startups, regenerative agriculture models, alternative proteins, agricultural biotechnology, precision agriculture and waste valorisation technologies. This creates strong opportunities for regional ecosystems capable of connecting research, entrepreneurship, financing and implementation capacity. Against this backdrop, Circular Voices Agrifood Talks brings together startups, researchers, farmers, investors, ecosystem builders and policymakers to explore how circular innovation can reshape the future of agri-food systems across Europe. The event will focus on: circular agrifood innovation and policy uptake funding opportunities for circular and bioeconomy solutions partnerships between science, startups and industry cross-border collaboration and ecosystem building scaling climate-smart and resource-efficient agriculture visibility and adoption of real circular farming practices practical implementation challenges across the agrifood sector The programme includes contributions from Circular Voices, Agriventures, Alberizas, Wageningen University & Research, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Circular Food Systems Network. The discussion will also address how circularity can move beyond policy narratives into practical implementation through collaboration between farmers, startups, researchers, public institutions and investors. The Circular Voices initiative has already highlighted examples of circular agriculture, biomass valorisation, regenerative farming and innovation ecosystems across Bulgaria and Spain, while supporting dialogue around financing, education and ecosystem development. 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At the same time, many companies, especially SMEs, startups, and growing innovative businesses, still struggle with the complexity, cost, and fragmented nature of ESG reporting frameworks. To address this challenge, Verimpact has launched a limited-time First Adopters...","As sustainability reporting requirements continue to evolve across Europe, businesses are increasingly facing growing pressure to monitor, structure, and communicate their ESG performance in a credible and strategic way. At the same time, many companies, especially SMEs, startups, and growing innovative businesses, still struggle with the complexity, cost, and fragmented nature of ESG reporting frameworks. To address this challenge, Verimpact has launched a limited-time First Adopters Programme, providing selected organisations with free access to its ESG reporting platform and sustainability intelligence tools. As a partner of Agriventures, Verimpact is working to support companies navigating the transition toward more sustainable, transparent, and data-driven operations. What the First Adopters Programme Includes Selected organisations will receive: • Free 2025 ESG reporting aligned with GRI and IFRS S1 & S2 standards • Full access to the Verimpact Platform • Access to forecasting functionalities and advanced 3D visualisations • Direct collaboration with the Verimpact team • Priority access to upcoming platform features The initiative is designed for forward-looking organisations preparing for the next generation of sustainability reporting and compliance requirements. Why ESG Reporting Matters More Than Ever Across Europe, ESG requirements are rapidly becoming part of strategic business operations rather than standalone compliance exercises. However, for many organisations, the process remains inefficient and resource-intensive. According to Verimpact, many businesses today: • Pay excessive costs for ESG reporting • Spend months collecting and structuring sustainability data • Struggle to navigate multiple reporting frameworks • Produce reports that fail to support strategic decision-making This challenge is particularly significant for SMEs, agrifood businesses, startups, and scaling companies that often lack dedicated sustainability reporting teams or technical infrastructure. Turning Sustainability Data into Strategic Intelligence Rather than treating ESG reporting as a static compliance process, Verimpact aims to transform sustainability data into a strategic management tool. The platform is designed to help organisations generate: → Better insights→ Stronger risk understanding→ Actionable sustainability strategies This approach is becoming increasingly important as investors, corporates, financial institutions, and policymakers place greater emphasis on measurable sustainability performance and climate resilience. Supporting the Transition Toward Sustainable Innovation At Agriventures, we actively support innovative companies, startups, SMEs, and agrifood organisations seeking practical tools that improve competitiveness, sustainability, and access to future financing opportunities. Partnerships with companies such as Verimpact contribute to building an ecosystem where technology, sustainability, and innovation work together to create measurable impact. For organisations planning their 2025 ESG reporting, the First Adopters Programme offers an opportunity to approach sustainability reporting in a more strategic, data-driven, and efficient way. 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The event is part of the sixth edition of the forum, taking place between 1 and 5 June in Sofia, which has established itself as one of Europe’s most...","High-level panel at Green Transition Forum will focus on innovation, digitalisation, and competitiveness in agriculture and food systems On 4 June 2026, within the framework of Green Transition Forum 2026, Agriventures in partnership with Green Transition Forum will organise a specialised panel dedicated to the future of food and agriculture. The event is part of the sixth edition of the forum, taking place between 1 and 5 June in Sofia, which has established itself as one of Europe’s most influential platforms for dialogue between institutions, business leaders, innovators, investors, and policymakers. The panel begins at 4:30 PM and will be structured as an interactive discussion under the theme Future of Food and Agriculture: Innovation and Digitalisation in Agriculture. The session will focus on the practical implementation of technologies, data-driven solutions, and innovation in the agri-food sector, alongside financing opportunities for innovative farmers, startups, and researchers. The discussion takes place at a pivotal moment for Europe’s agricultural and food sectors. In 2025, the European Commission proposed a new European Competitiveness Fund designed to consolidate multiple financial instruments and direct investment toward strategic sectors including biotechnology, digitalisation, agri-food systems, and sustainable industry. The fund is expected to play a major role in closing Europe’s innovation gap and accelerating technology adoption across the continent. Within this context, the panel will examine how the sector can move beyond concepts and pilot projects toward measurable real-world impact. The discussion will bring together international experts and innovators, including: • Blagoja Mukanov, Consultant at AgFutura Technologies with expertise in agricultural digitalisation and sustainable farming solutions • Georgios Karakatsanis, Founder and Director of EVOTROPIA, focused on innovation in agri-food systems • Sonsoles Jiménez Pérez, Managing Director of Alberizas and lecturer at University of Málaga, with an interdisciplinary background in economics and law • Veselina Stoyanova from MEALPROT, developing biotechnology solutions and circular agriculture models • Ivan Dragoev from ONDO Solutions, a company focused on digital technologies for farm management and irrigation The panel will be moderated by Mariya Hristova, expert in EU agricultural law, strategic planning, and innovation. The discussion will focus on one key question: how can innovation be implemented in real agricultural environments in ways that improve productivity, sustainability, resilience, and market access? The event will also provide opportunities for networking, financing discussions, partnerships, and insights into future European agricultural support mechanisms after 2027. Immediately following the panel, the first edition of Agriventures Awards 2026 will take place starting at 5:40 PM. The awards initiative, organised by Agriventures, connects farmers, innovators, investors, startups, corporations, and institutions while creating opportunities for financing, partnerships, and ecosystem growth through its platform: Agriventures Connect Platform The mission is clear: to build a bridge between ideas, financing, and the real-world implementation of solutions transforming the future of food and agriculture. The role of Agriventures in supporting agrifood innovation As the agritech startup ecosystem grows across Europe, initiatives such as Agriventures are helping connect entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and policymakers working in agriculture and food innovation. Agriventures focuses on supporting agrifood startups, biotechnology innovation, and access to European funding for agriculture, while also helping entrepreneurs navigate the complex landscape of startup financing, venture capital, and research commercialization. By strengthening connections between startups, research institutions, investors, and farmers, Agriventures contributes to building a stronger agricultural innovation ecosystem that can accelerate the transition toward sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems. 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