Achieving food security: the role of the public and private investments
To implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, developing countries will have to increasingly rely on domestic finance for investment in agriculture. As public funding for agriculture decreases, the role of private investment and, in particular, smallholder farmers, needs to be scaled up to achieve sustainable food security. To stimulate this process, governments focus more on fostering an enabling environment for responsible private investment. Greater attention must be placed on the quality of agricultural investment preparation and implementation, as well as on policies and instruments to lower risk and strengthen the confidence of investors in the long term, according to Rimma Dankova, Senior Adviser with the FAO Investment Centre. In this expert opinion published on The Broker, Danko elaborates on the changing landscape of investing in food security and agriculture.