Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production is a one-day online event that will explore the latest developments and critical issues relevant to investing in the agrifood sector.
The event brings together expertise from academia, agri-tech companies and investment management to discuss the latest thinking in everything from microbiomes to regenerative agriculture. Attendees will gain insight into the major themes and technologies that will dominate the development of sustainable food systems over the coming years, whilst also exploring where capital can be effectively deployed to enhance sustainability and security in food production.
Who should attend?: Investment managers, institutional investors, hedge funds, analysts, relevant corporations, as well as ESG research and ratings vendors.
09:30 – 10:00
ESG metrics for sustainable agrifood chains: emerging challenges
Dominic Moran, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Edinburgh
10:00 – 10:30
Agrifood technologies that will transform sustainable food production
Georgina Thomas, Senior ESG Associate
Cibus Capital
10:30 – 11:00
Sustainable and regenerative agriculture: principles and outcomes
Jules Pretty, Emeritus Professor Environment & Society
University of Essex
BREAK
11:20 – 11:30
*** INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT ***
Transforming lanolin into high-quality animal feed
Clodagh Weingart, LanoTech
Member of Innovation Centre, UK Agri-Tech Centre
11:30 – 12:00
Achieving behavioural change in farm management
Paul Wilson, Professor of Agricultural Economics
University of Nottingham
12:00 – 12:30
Investing in agrifood for ecosystem preservation
Edward Lees, Senior Portfolio Manager and Co-Head Environmental Strategies Group
BNP Paribas Asset Management
12:30 – 13:00
Maximising the contribution of microbes to sustainable agriculture
Tim Mauchline, Plant and Soil Microbiologist
Rothamsted Research
LUNCH
13:50 – 14:00
*** INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT ***
Three-minute presentations from start-up and early-stage agri-tech businesses (TBC)
Innovation Centre
UK Agri-Tech Centre (TBC)
14:00 – 14:30
Transforming beef production: the role of adaptive grazing techniques
Francisco Roque de Pinho, Co-Founder
The Land Group
14:30 – 15:00
Understanding soil carbon and the challenges for carbon farming
Simon Jeffery, Reader in Soil Ecology
Harper Adams University
BREAK
15:20 – 15:30
*** INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT ***
Three-minute presentations from start-up and early-stage agri-tech businesses (TBC)
Innovation Centre
UK Agri-Tech Centre (TBC)
15:30 – 16:00
Global strategies for fostering pollination services
Simon Potts, Director, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER)
University of Reading
16:00 – 16:30
Title TBC
Ben O’Donnell, Chief Investment Officer
Climate Asset Management
16:30 – 17:00
Transforming conventional farmland into organic regenerative farmland
Craig Wichner, Managing Partner
Farmland LP
