Financing a Sustainable Food System.
Join us for a free webinar on the Financing a Sustainable Food System on December 5 2023 in recognition of World Soil Day and the International Day of Banks.
In 2021, the World Bank report on ‘Food Finance Architecture: Financing a Healthy, Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems’, highlighted a $12 trillion hidden social, economic and environmental costs. To address these costs, the report recommended that there is an urgent call to implement “food finance imperatives” with a potential to unlocking $4.5 trillion in new business opportunities every year.
In November 2023, the FAO report on ‘The State of Food and Agriculture 2023’ estimated $12.7 trillion in hidden social, economic and environmental costs, a further decline from World Bank 2021 report.
The webinar will discuss the existing fiscal challenges of the food system at present, as well as innovative financing solutions that will require both private and public funding to evolve more resilient, regenerative and sustainable agrifood production practices and citizen behavioural changes.
This webinar will host a wide range of experts across the globe from policy makers, researchers and industry leaders who will share their insights about the existing challenges and a series of options that could aid with the transition to a sustainable food system.
Agenda
13:00-13:20 Welcome and key note speech – Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu – CEO IntelliDigest – The state of food system financing and the role of innovative finance to deliver a sustainable food system
13:20-14:20 Presentations – Participants from the Global AgriFood TechPreneur Programme – Dr Mulugheta Solomon – These are top ten participants from the Global AgriFood TechPreneur Programme sharing their business. More details about the programme and the reviewers can be found here – https://intellidigest.com/services/food-system-sustai…ur-club/
14:20-14:30 Break
14:30-14:50 Speaker 1 – David Rose – Founder/CEO JustOne Organics – Unified Field Corporation – Financing a Sustainable Food System, highlights on the activities of Just One Organics.
14:50-15:10 Speaker 2 – Professor Sonal Choudhary -Professor of Sustainable Management – York University and the PI for STFC Food Network. Alternative financing for Research and Development to drive Sustainable Food Production.
15:10-15:30 Speaker 3 – Professor Bing Xu -Professor of Finance – Heriot Watt University – Financing a Sustainable Food System, highlights on research activities with sustainable food businesses and innovative financing options.
15:30-15:50 Panel Discussion Q&A
15:50-55:00 PlanToSave Campaignthon winners announced
15:55 -16:00 Closing remarks
Thanks for joining us.
Facilitators
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Dr Ifeyinwa KanuCEO of IntelliDigestShe holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering with research interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence to optimise Anaerobic Processes.
Dr Kanu loves nature and she is passionate about engineering solutions to address environmental and societal challenges. She is leading IntelliDigest on a mission to empower global food sustainability, eliminate food waste and zero hunger.
Dr Kanu is an Enterprise Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society of Edinburgh. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Fellow of UK Higher Education.
Dr Kanu is a Champion of the STFC Food Network.
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Prof Sonal ChoudharyProfessor of Sustainable Management, York University and Principal Investigator at Science Technology Facility Council Food Network+
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Professor Bing XuProfessor of Finance, Heriot Watt University
Bing Is a Professor of Finance, the Business and Finance Theme Lead at the Institute for Net Zero and Beyond (iNetZ+), Heriot-Watt University. She holds an MA (Hons) in Business Studies & Accounting and a PhD in Management, both from the University of Edinburgh. Bing’s research focuses on leveraging social science innovations to tackle the challenges of achieving net zero, particularly in the areas of low carbon fuels, circular economy, and sustainable cold chains. Currently, she leads on “Policy, Society and Finance” theme of work on several UKRI funded projects to address barriers around business and finance models, social dynamics, multi-criteria decision making analysis and policy, such as Zero Emission Cold-Chain (EP/V042548/1); GREEN-ICEs (EP/T022701/1); UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy (EP/V011863/1); Digital Circular Electrochemical Economy (EP/V042432/1); CCUS for UK cluster decarbonisation (IDRIC Wave 2).
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Dr Mulugheta SolomonOmdena Milan Impact Hub Lead
Omdena-Milan Chapter: Agrifood Project: AI for Sustainable Agri-Foods: the Use of Satellite Imagery: Omdena is a collaborative platform that aims to build innovative, ethical, and efficient AI and Data Science solutions for real-world problems. Omdena hosts AI projects involving data scientists, machine learning engineers, domain experts, and organisations worldwide. Omdena’s vision is to make the world a better place for everyone and provide opportunities for individuals, communities, and organisations to grow and positively impact the world.
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