Argentina’s ’agri-tech’ innovators

Argentina, a country often associated with economic turbulence, is quietly leading a biotech start-up revolution in agriculture.

Home to a third of Latin America’s ‘deep tech’ start-ups, companies like Unibaio, Beeflow and Punabio are breaking new ground.

We explore how a blend of scientific talent, venture capital and cutting-edge research is transforming farming. While Argentina is becoming a global player in agricultural biotechnology, can this boom be sustained amid the country’s economic and political challenges?

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(Picture: Engineer Mario Nejamkin, and Claudia Casalongue, cofounder and scientific lead at agri-tech start-up Unibaio, standing in a potato field in Argentina. Credit: BBC)

Presented and produced by Natalio Cosoy