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Sector Program Manager Margarita Lysenkova writes that the Global Reporting Initiative’s new reporting standard can help companies respond to growing scrutiny on business practices that can potentially impact food security.

Flourish Ventures principal Efayomi Carr lays out the harsh impacts of ongoing macro events on Africa’s farmers and how agtech can help.

Toronto’s Area One Farms founder and CEO Joelle Faulkner talks through the fundamentals of regenerative ag and Canada’s transition challenges, such as a lack of suitable crop insurance.

West coast permanent crop specialists Paul Frankel and Jeff Steen, partners at Kachina, consider the most viable options for institutional investors to reduce their California ag exposure.

Before FAIRR, investors did not realize the relevance of the global protein sector’s impact on climate change.

Viticulture land is attracting interest from a range of buyers, sparking predictions that its value is set to rise, says CLM consultant Matthew Berryman.

Christine Delivanis says corporates need to move beyond lofty target setting and consider how to make their ambitions and promises viable.

A dwindling labor force, unsustainable carbon emissions and a need to produce more with less means robotics and automation are a big part of ag’s future, says ADM Capital's Alastair Cooper.

The water-hungry crop’s high-value returns have attracted investors but California’s need to manage its water supplies presents a challenge, says agribusiness investment veteran Shankar Athreya.

The imbalance between supply and demand that is partly a hangover from the global financial crisis is expected to narrow over the next decade and timber prices should benefit, says Domain Timber Advisors’ Jack Izard.