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CCSI and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted "Incentives for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems," an online event offering a continuation of discussions around our recently released Guide on incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.
To generate sustainable benefits, investment in agriculture and food systems must be responsible. What role should investment incentives play in encouraging such investment? Our Guide aims to address that question.
This event was organized as a discussion between authors of the Guide and stakeholders and practitioners in the field, as a way to dive deeper into what the Guide covers -- approaches to using incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems. The full agenda is included below.
AGENDA
Moderator: Pedro Arias, Economist, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
High-level thematic introduction
Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General, FAO
Lisa Sachs, Director, CCSI
Incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems – presentation of the FAO-CCSI Guide
Anna Bulman, Fellow, CCSI
Ladan Mehranvar, Legal Researcher, CCSI
Yannick Fiedler, Programme Officer, FAO
Question & Answer session
Good practices of incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
Inji Dougui, Director General, Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency Tunisia: “Programmes supporting initiatives from young agri-entrepreneurs”
Bostjan Skalar, CEO, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
Quinton Tunis, Director, Investment Promotion, National Investment Commission of Liberia
Question & Answer session
Concluding remarks
Lorenzo Cotula, Principal researcher (law and sustainable development), Natural Resources / Team Leader, legal tools, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Pedro Arias, Economist, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia