From Hype To Sustainable Investment Propsect: Investor’s Perspective on Modern Commercial Urban Farming

“FROM TECHNOLOGICAL HYPE TO A SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT PROSPECT: Investors’ perspective of modern commercial urban farming” 

Join The 8^th E-DIALOGUE From The FAO & EBRD

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With more than 700 participants in their previous e-dialogues, the FAO & EBRD invite you to meet again with the key players in all relevant commercial urban farming fields and to expand the global discussion to investors’ perspectives. Together with the EBRD, Rabobank, and the University of Bologna, they will be exploring: 

• Investment due diligence: what information do investors need to responsibly support sector growth? 
• Modern commercial urban farming (controlled environment agriculture, vertical farming, and others): where are we now in terms of market maturity? 
• Business model adaptations: how can the sector achieve sound economics and financial sustainability? 

Introduction 

• Iride Ceccacci, Associate Director, Head of Advisory, Agribusiness, EBRD  
• Jacopo Monzini, Senior Natural Resources Management Officer, FAO 

Speakers 

• Andrius Matiuchinas, Associate Director Agribusiness, EBRD 
• Lambert van Horen, Senior Specialist Fresh Produce, Rabobank 
• Matteo Vittuari, professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum 

Time and place 

Wednesday, November 30, 2022, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm CET on the Zoom platform. 

Registration  

Please register for the e-dialogue: click here.  

The registration for the e-dialogue is free of charge.  

Upon registration, you will receive an email with the link to join the meeting 

Video recordings of their previous E-dialogues are available on our YouTube Channel The New Role for Urban Farming

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