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From fields to hospitals: How fungi and bacteria from Brazil's

29 Sep 2026, 10:32 GMT
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Article From fields to hospitals: How fungi and bacteria from Brazil's

Brazil's so-called "AgTech Valley" is emerging as a major centre for agricultural innovation, bringing together more than 1,000 agribusiness-focused companies, universities, research institutions and investors to develop technologies suited to tropical farming. A key area of innovation is bio-inputs, which use living microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria to improve crop health, control pests and diseases and increase the efficiency of nutrients in the soil. Genica, a Brazilian company founde...