Investment in Agrifood Systems Forum

There is an increasing recognition that investing in sustainable agrifood value chain and agribusiness development can significantly contribute to creating income and employment, improving access to affordable and healthy diets, building resilience of communities to climate change and optimizing the use of natural resources.   However, lack of incentives, weak enabling environments, high investment risk due to the fragmentation of agribusinesses, limited capacity for value addition and lack of coordination are affecting the ability of the value chain actors to access finance and to tap the investment opportunities. 

Session themes:

• What reforms can help create a favourable business climate and competitive markets? 
• What incentive mechanisms are best suited to enhance investments in agribusinesses and value chains?
• How can de-risking mechanisms, risk-sharing, blended finance and PPPs best be deployed?
• How can agribusinesses, and particularly SMEs, be engaged in policy dialogue?