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Books
China's Agricultural Investment in Australia
With growing amounts of finance channeled into the purchase of overseas food and farming assets, China has become a frontrunner in the global land rush. This book critically examines the driving forces, discourses, and conflicts surrounding Chinese investments in overseas farmland, with a specific focus on Australia. 
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Reports
Financing for Regenerative Agriculture
The report by Rockefeller Foundation, Pollination Group and Transformational Investing in Food Systems makes the case for more investment in regenerative agriculture, arguing that investors underestimate and mischaracterize the risks involved in conventional agriculture. It suggests that a transition to regenerative food systems will not only create positive social and environmental benefits but also significant financial returns. 
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Reports
Public Financing for Agricultural Decarbonization and Abundance
This report by the Breakthrough Institute argues for a more interventionist approach to decarbonising the food system by the US government, making up for the shortfall in private investment. In order for new food and agricultural innovations to provide climate benefits, the federal government must invest, the report says. 
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Reports
What do agroecological farmers think about agritech?
This report by A Bigger Conversation as part of its Agroecological Intelligence project explores agroecological farmers’ and growers’ perception of agri-technology. The report finds that farmers and growers are not anti-technology, but they are suspicious of top-down, developer-driven technology. These often fail to consider farmer’s and growers’ interests and do not address wider reforms needed for a more sustainable, fair and resilient food system. The report does find, however, that farmers and growers are enthusiastic about agri-innovations when they have been designed and developed with them, their values and their needs in mind. The report also includes a guide to help practitioners assess agricultural technologies whether they are compatible with the principles and practices of agroecology. It also offers recommendations for how agritech could be better developed, regulated, financed and promoted.
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News and resources
World Bank tip-toes into fiery debate over meat emissions
There has been much media spotlight on the World Bank’s entry into the meat debate with its new report calling on governments in wealthier countries to shift subsidies from high-emitting red meat and dairy to lower-emitting poultry, vegetables and fruits. POLITICO said the report was bound to make conservatives apoplectic, while Climate Home News analysed why the meat has become a “political hot potato”. TABLE’s explainer, Meat, metrics and mindset, and the podcast Meat: The Four Futures explores the meat debate and why it’s about more than science, it’s about emotions.
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Recipe for a liveable planet
This report provides comprehensive data regarding the current state of the global agri-food system at country level. It highlights the most cost effective points of intervention to reduce emissions associated with the agri-food sector, including land and soil management strategies, dietary shifts, and the protection and restoration of forests.
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News and resources
UN agriculture fund bets on innovation to improve food security
Devex, an independent news organisation covering global development, has reported on recent activity of the UN International Fund. The council meeting had a strong focus on investment in new technologies and the need to support the business innovation by smallholder farmers in rural communities and in lower-income countries.
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Investing in Regenerative Agriculture
This report by the company SLM, which is focused on natural assets such as soil, water, air and all living organisms on the planet explores regenerative agriculture as an investment opportunity. The document provides an updated case for investing in regenerative agriculture. SLM broadly defines regenerative agriculture as a method of producing nutritious food and other products in a manner that improves soil health, climate stability, and ecosystem functionality, while also being economically sustainable for farmers. The report illustrates how investors can support the transition to regenerative agriculture by investing into farmland as part of a real asset strategy involving investment in physical assets such as natural resources whose value is based on physical properties and uses.
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News and resources
Investor pressure group urges G20 to align agricultural subsidies with environment
A group of 32 investors managing $7.3 trillion in assets issued their first ever call to the countries' finance chiefs ahead of a G20 summit, urging the group of wealthier countries to align agricultural subsidies with their climate and nature goals by the end of the decade.
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