Cultivating Change: Why Agriculture Needs Impact Investing

By Marta Maretich  There’s a global food crisis looming, according to many commentators. The food price crisis of 2008 spooked world markets and gave us a taste of what may be to come in the future: commodity prices went through the roof and people in many parts of the world panicked. This lead to a reappraisal of food and agricultural policy in many quarters, spurring international aid organizations to action and attracting private investment to agriculture. This changed the agricultural investment landscape—but not enough.  There remains an urgent need for impact capital in agriculture