Guide on Incentives for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems

124 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2021

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Anna Bulman

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Kaitlin Y. Cordes

Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Ladan Mehranvar

Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Ella Merrill

Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Yannick Fiedler

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Date Written: 2021

Abstract

This guide aims to provide policymakers and government technical staff with guidance on how investment incentives can be used (and how they should not be used) to enhance responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.

The guide identifies key policy challenges associated with investment incentives, and offers guidance on how to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate investment incentives that are aligned with national development priorities and that contribute to the realisation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. By focusing on the full ambit of investors—domestic and foreign, small-, mid- and large-scale—the guide provides a unique contribution regarding the use of incentives for responsible investment.

The guide covers the following:
• Part I explains what responsible investment in agriculture and food systems is and who the key stakeholders are, as a starting point for understanding how incentives may be used in this context.
• Part II provides an overview of investment incentives and discusses some of the most common types of incentives used.
• Part III offers general considerations on how incentives can be used—as well as how they should not be used—to improve the quality and quantity of responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.
• Part IV discusses how to plan for, design, monitor, and evaluate investment incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems.

Keywords: 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, responsible investment incentives, key stakeholders, agriculture and food systems

JEL Classification: Q01, Q13, Q15, Q17, Q18, Q56, Q58, G15, G18

Suggested Citation

Bulman, Anna and Cordes, Kaitlin and Mehranvar, Ladan and Merrill, Ella and Fiedler, Yannick, Guide on Incentives for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3900756 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3900756

Anna Bulman (Contact Author)

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment ( email )

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Kaitlin Cordes

Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

William C. Warren Hall, 1st floor
410 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
United States

Ladan Mehranvar

Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment ( email )

William C. Warren Hall, 1st floor
410 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
United States

Ella Merrill

Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

William C. Warren Hall, 1st floor
410 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
United States

Yannick Fiedler

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Rome, 00153
Italy

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