Welcome to our Tech Roundup, where we bring you Brazil’s biggest stories on technology and innovation. This week: startups finding new, digital ways to bridge the gap between food producers and consumers.
Tackling logistical barriers and food loss in Brazil
More than 12 million tons of food are discarded each year in Brazil on their way between farms and family tables and beyond, according to estimates by the state-owned research firm Embrapa, used by the UN’s 2021 Food Waste Index Report. This is the result of colossal logistics and storage problems in a country of continental proportions, and also…