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🌱 Driving Investment in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Innovation Sustained investment is critical for countries looking to scale up climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation. There are key areas where targeted investments can make a profound impact, ensuring long-term growth and sustainability: 🔬 Support National Research Institutions: Enabling national agricultural research institutions to fully deliver on scientific priorities. 💼 Public-Private R&D Partnerships: Ensuring that public-private R&D partnerships commercialize research outputs that generate public value. 💡 Support for Producers: Delivering technical and financial support for producers to effectively access climate-smart inputs and remunerative marketing opportunities. 📦 Strengthen Value Chains: Building out infrastructure for reliable, efficient agricultural value chains. 💰 Steer Capital to Resilient Systems: Steering public and private capital flows, including sectoral subsidies, toward co-investment in more sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems. Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) Recommendation 2 calls for normalizing investment baselines to support these crucial areas, making sure innovations scale beyond initial boosts and deliver lasting impact. 📑 Read the AIM for Climate Report to learn more: https://bit.ly/4gEbKUe 🌍 Discover how sustained investments can build resilient food systems for the future.

Some insights on aligning strategies and actions for impactful outcomes in the agrifood sector. #SustainableAgrifoodSystems

Advancing on green policies for agrifood systems transformation 29-31 May 2024, Yerevan / online The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is inviting you to the Regional Conference on Green Agriculture: Advancing on green policies for agrifood systems transformation in Europe and Central Asia, which is organized in the framework of TCP/RER/3906 Scaling up Green Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia, in a hybrid format, on 29-31 May 2024. The main objective of the conference is to discuss and exchange experiences on green agriculture and examine the status of green innovation, technology and polices for advancing green transformation of the agrifood system. This includes catalysing collaboration among to accelerate the adoption of green practices, bridging science and policy, and enhancing the inter- and intraregional knowledge sharing, contributing to greening agrifood systems across Europe and Central Asia and beyond. English-Russian simultaneous interpretation will be provided during the event The concept and agenda will be shared with you soon. Kindly register through the link below: https://lnkd.in/gieN4kQn Please feel free to share the link with interested institutions and persons.

Agree John Stackhouse with the assessments below viz Agriculture 2.0. The next green revolution for food is actually turquoise in the sense we MUST include the blue revolution in seafood therein. Aquaculture IS Agriculture (UNFAO). Consumption of farmed seaFOOD now exceeds wild capture, globally. ..over one trillion meals of seaFOOD annually, 4 billion daily meals. Innovation is paramount to feed the World, and Agtech, "extension" & socioeconomic/environmental efforts together will facilitate the turquoise revolution 1.0.

With less than four weeks to go until the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in #Mexico City, this is your chance to connect with 300 agribusinesses, food and beverage companies, technology providers, public research centers, investors and start-ups. They are getting ready to examine the key business opportunities unlocking #innovation and #investment in Mexican #agriculture. Key Themes: • Empowering Smallholder Farmers: Scalable solutions to adapt agtech to the needs of smallholder farmers • Capitalizing on Nearshoring Opportunities: Leveraging alliances between Mexican companies and international partners in food production • Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture: Corporate and government programs enabling farmer adoption of climate smart agriculture • Financial Inclusion: Unlocking innovative finance and fintech solutions that facilitate access to capital • Optimizing Water Use: Implementing smart irrigation solutions and water management to tackle drought • Biologicals Market Expansion: Accessing emerging opportunities for biocontrol and bionutrition • Digitalizing Mexican Agriculture: Digital tools, platforms and automation to address labor shortages and improve smallholder farm management • Optimizing Controlled Environment Horticulture: Advanced technologies and seed varieties enabling high-quality, year-round fresh produce • Post Harvest Innovations: Enhancing the quality, safety and reliability of high-value crops through advanced technologies to drive global export growth • Driving Investment into Mexican AgTech: Fostering venture and private equity investment into a rapidly growing market You can book your place now at https://bit.ly/3TV0IjP to be part of these conversations

"Dutch innovation in agtech creates ripples throughout greenhouses and open field. The world’s population is growing, and with it a need for greater access to sufficient, nutritious, tasty and sustainably produced foodstuffs. Agriculture and horticulture have come under heightened pressure to fill these food production demands, even as interests in sustainability and plant-based nutrition continues to increase. The Dutch are looking to the future and preparing for it with new and innovative solutions to the challenges that the agricultural industry faces. How are farmers and breeders to meet these new requirements? Through combining a deep understanding of agronomy and food science with smart technologies, of course." via Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

Are you thinking about expanding into Vietnam or want an insight into climate-smart agritech being adopted? Join the amazing Beanstalk AgTech team in Sydney on May 6th! Read more below

🌱 Exciting insights into the sustainable agricultural innovation landscape! 🚜 Discover how the Netherlands is leading the way in AgTech, embracing sustainability, and revolutionizing the journey from farm to table. A fascinating read on how technology is shaping the future of sustainable food production. #AgTech #Sustainability #Innovation #Netherlands #FoodTech

Researchers and partners from the Sustainable Agrifood Systems (SAS) program recently convened in #Nairobi to align agrifood system goals with #CIMMYT's 2030 Strategy. Key themes from the SAS #Africa implementation roadmap retreat included stronger partnerships, innovation, and agile science for greater impact. From insightful discussions to strategic planning, the three-day retreat set the stage for sustainable #agriculturaldevelopment across Africa. 🌍 #SustainableAgrifoodSystems #PartnershipsForImpact #AgriculturalInnovation https://bit.ly/4atDCGw

🌍 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰-𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 DLG is enhancing agricultural collaboration through West-to-East partnerships, particularly focusing on Southeast Asia. Our latest article highlights the work of the DLG Country Working Group Southeast Asia, which is instrumental in connecting global agricultural experts with local stakeholders. This group plays a crucial role in addressing region-specific challenges by fostering innovation and sustainable farming practices. 🔗 Learn how DLG is driving agricultural progress through strategic collaborations in Southeast Asia. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/gUh8eDjx #Agriculture #DLG #Networking #KnowledgeTransfer #SoutheastAsia