The idea of increased private sector investment in the agricultural sector and sustainability has been trending this week.
One of CCAFS’ Development Partners, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is hosting an event, Agro Business Barometer: Taking the pulse of business for agricultural transformation, at the organisation’s headquarters in Rome on June 14. Among topics to be discussed will be lessons learned from IFAD’s report, Business Advantage: Mobilizing private sector led climate actions in agriculture report, produced in collaboration CCAFS and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Check out this excellent CCAFS blog post about public-private partnerships this week.
Another event taking place today in Seattle, Washington, United States is the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit, where leaders in business and finance will discuss sustainability as good business and investment. I was particularly happy to see that topics such as considering gender when making investment decisions and leveraging disruptive technology to further climate goals are on the agenda.