Financing Sustainable Food Systems 2025
Overview
Transforming the world’s food systems is one of the greatest investment challenges and opportunities of our time.
The FAO’s latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report reveals that over 735 million people faced hunger in 2023, while the hidden economic, social and environmental costs of food production now exceed US $12 trillion a year.
The EAT–Lancet Commission warns that current food systems generate nearly 30% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, pushing the planet beyond safe ecological limits.
In the UK, the Agri-Food for Net Zero Network+ finds that the UK’s food and farming system must deliver three essential transformations—more resilient farming, integrated land use, and healthier, more sustainable diets—to reach net zero and national resilience goals by 2050.
Yet globally, only a fraction of finance is directed towards these transitions. Estimates suggest a funding gap of over US $1 trillion annually to make food systems sustainable, equitable and climate-smart.
This webinar will explore how finance can bridge that gap.
Why Attend
Understand the numbers – how much finance is needed, where it’s going, and where it’s missing.
Hear from leading expert and learn about real-world investment models that align capital with healthy people, healthy diets and a healthy planet.
Explore actionable solutions for public, private and blended finance.
Who Should Attend
Investors, development banks, agribusiness leaders, farmers, food businesses, policymakers, researchers, NGOs, and anyone working to align finance with sustainable and resilient food systems.
Call to Action
Food systems financing is about more than capital—it’s about investing in our collective future. Join us to explore how finance can drive the transformation towards food systems that feed everyone fairly, restore nature, and help meet our climate goals.
Agenda
13:00-13:05 Welcome
13:05-13:15 Keynote speech – Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu – IntelliDigest – Director
13:15-13:40 Speaker presentation – Carolein Samson – Oxbury Bank Plc – Head of Sustainable Banking
13:40-14:00 Discussions/Q&A
14:00-14:10 Highlight on the Global AgriFood TechPreneur Programme 2025 participants
14:10-14:20 The future of the Global AgriFood TechPreneur Programme – Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu – IntelliDigest – Director
14:20-14:30 Closing remark
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Facilitators
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Dr Ifeyinwa KanuDirector, IntelliDigest and AFN Network+ Champion on BioeconomyShe 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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Carolein SamsonHead of Sustainable Banking, Oxbury Bank Plc
