AddresSing the global food crisis
More and Better Investments Are Needed in Agriculture and Food Systems
Food & Agriculture Investment Opportunity
-Bigger than Tech and Energy combined
Food Insecurity & Sustainability
Food Demand will be 70% higher than at today’s levels,
However, agriculture yield from land use will reduce by 20%
Food-related emissions will increase by 46%, while demand for agricultural land will increase by 49%. This is incompatible with the need to achieve a net-zero emission environment globally by 2050.
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE -RELIES ON DATA@SOURCE
Quantification of Data
- Small farmers, herders, and fishermen produce about 70 percent of the global food supply, yet most are excluded from the digital economy
- Banks do not understand farm automation and data-driven yield management imposing financial risk frameworks on farmers that do not make sense
- Banks and regulators are tightening the risk parameters on farm lending and making it harder for smaller family farmers to access finance
- Banks restricting credit is likely to accelerate the transfer of farmland from family farms to more corporate entities including transnational corporations that care more about profits than about the environment.