Rethinking Agri-Business Investments Through the Pandemic: Support panel

The Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness programme (CASA) programme is hosting “Rethinking Agri-Business Investments Through the Pandemic”, a series of virtual convenings unpacking the response to COVID-19 for investors and SMEs in emerging markets.

The series of virtual convenings is designed for investors, investment support stakeholders and commentators in the agribusiness space to share thinking and efforts to consolidate, innovate and adapt in light of the global pandemic. The virtual events are not expected to provide definitive answers but instead to provide a platform for structured sharing and reflection, in response to the issues exercising the investor community and agribusiness sector.

The e-conference series is designed to:

  1. Identify the needs of SMEs if they are to remain investable options
  2. Showcase tools and approaches to supporting agribusiness during the pandemic developed by various stakeholders and being considered by impact investors in agri-business;
  3. Identify evidence gaps and information needs for the CASA programme to support investors through and after the pandemic
  4. Map as far as possible investment opportunities emerging from disruptive innovation

How do we support agribusinesses through the crisis and into the future? Drawing on lessons from other global crises, throughout the panel discussion we will explore practical ways that impact investors and TA practitioners can assist portfolio companies to pivot their business models to respond to the immediate challenges, as well as long term changes during the recovery period. The panel will discuss how agribusinesses can take action to secure their supply chains and cash flows, for example, discussing possible operational changes. Looking forward, we will discuss possible strategies and tools to reconfigure business models to respond to the post-crisis economic fallout in the medium and long term.

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