Digitizing the farm, with Arama Kukutai

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English - July 01, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB
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Host Gemma Milne is joined by Arama Kukutai, co-founder and partner of Finistere Ventures. They discuss current agricultural challenges, how tech is helping digitize farms, and what these changes mean for consumers.

About Arama Kukutai

Arama Kukutai has been an investor and entrepreneur in agribusiness for more than 20 years. During that time he has served as Executive Chairman of PKW Farms, led the New Zealand Trade & Investment Agency, and been an active speaker, writer, and thought leader. In 2006, Arama co-founded Finistere Ventures, a pioneering venture capital firm dedicated to agricultural technology.

Learn more about Arama Kukutai:

https://finistere.com/team/Arama-Kukutai/

Learn more about Finistere Ventures:

https://finistere.com/

Topics of discussion

Today’s agricultural challenges (01:45)

Farming technology’s tipping point (09:30)

What shifting supply chains mean for farmers (15:40)

Lessons from agriculture’s resilience (20:41)

Farming technology today and tomorrow (23:53)

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