-- Biologicals have long promised a more sustainable and regenerative future for our food systems, but in Southeast Asia, they’ve struggled to reach scale and adoption. Today, a new regional initiative, the Asia Biologicals Platform, is being introduced to change that. The initiative begins with an open call to industry and will build toward a dedicated industry forum, the Asia Biologicals Symposium, on 3 November 2025, where stakeholders will align priorities, surface opportunities, and co-develop efforts suited to Southeast Asia’s farming systems.
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The Asia Biologicals Platform is a multi-year effort to address long-standing barriers in the development, validation and uptake of biological agri-inputs. It brings together innovators, growers, researchers, funders, regulators and platforms to help unlock the potential of biologicals to support a more restorative, resilient farming system tailored to Southeast Asia’s agriculture sector.
“We’ve built momentum in the US, Australia, and New Zealand, now it’s time to localise and scale this across Asia. The Asia Biologicals Platform brings the shared infrastructure we need to fast-track adoption, align regulations, and open growth for a new class of agri-inputs.”, Peter Wren-Hilton, Founder, Wharf42 and the Salinas Biologicals Summit.
Drawing from the successful Platform10 model, which has facilitated crop-specific field trials through multi-stakeholder partnerships, this effort will adapt the process in Southeast Asia, launching collaborative, pre-commercial trials across priority crops and regions, creating a pipeline of data-backed, market-ready solutions.
“We want to connect innovators to Asia’s crop challenges, work with funders and governments to support field-based projects that deliver measurable outcomes and drive farmer adoption of biologicals at scale.” Joshua Soo, CEO of Agrifood Futures.
“This is about turning good science into real-world change. By generating data-backed evidence and regional insight, we can help farmers adopt biologicals and cleaner technologies with confidence, lifting both profitability and sustainability.”, Dr Christine Pitt, Managing Director of Farmers2Founders.
Further details will be shared at the Asia Biologicals Symposium during Singapore International Agrifood Week. In the lead-up, the founding team will continue engaging with industry to align priorities and early initiatives. The Symposium will bring together stakeholders to map shared trials, regulatory strategies, adoption pathways, and regionally relevant projects designed to:
- Deploy cleaner tech on farms: Prove and scale biologicals that reduce toxicity, restore soil and planet health
- Match solutions to situational challenges: Focus offerings on crop-specific needs across Southeast Asia’s farming systems
- Enable farmer-first adoption: Design pilot trials and engagement strategies to drive uptake
- Support investments and blended capital: Provide data, field validation, and regulatory alignment to reduce risk and encourage partnerships
The Asia Biologicals Platform is led by Wharf42, Agrifood Futures, Wharf42 and Farmers2Founders, combining their experience in biological trials, commercialisation and farmer engagement to build a platform suited to Asia’s needs.
Whether you’re building, testing, investing in, or supporting biological solutions, we invite you to join us at the Asia Biologicals Symposium, 3 November 2025, Singapore International Agrifood Week. Register: https://airtable.com/app8UaB3AviDdGGxf/pagJgVrLTb8Epeiiz/form
About Agrifood Futures
Agrifood Futures is a global agrifoodtech specialist headquartered in Singapore, focused on building resilient, climate-ready food systems. Through its brands, Agrifood Futures and Farmers2Founders, it accelerates commercialisation of new technologies, drives tech adoption, and connects innovators with investors and value chain partners. Operating across Asia, Australia, and Europe, its founder support services, F2F TEKFARM® adoption engine, and investor platform advance agrifood solutions internationally.
About Wharf42
Wharf42 is a global agritech ecosystem developer based in New Zealand. Founder of Platform10,— the convenor of the Salinas Biological Summits (California) and Brisbane Symposium (2025), Wharf42 is a strategic partner to CSIRO (Australia), Plant & Food Research (New Zealand), and Western Growers. Using a proven model for biological trial, validation, and deployment, Wharf42 facilitates public-private partnerships that accelerate regulatory alignment and commercial scale for biologicals. (Contact: http://www.wharf42.co.nz )
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Name: Joshua Soo
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Organization: Agrifood Futures, Wharf42, and Farmers2Founders
Website: http://www.agrifoodfutures.co
Release ID: 89172050
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