In need of a Policy Shift: Investing in Agricultural Alternatives
TNI, FIAN International, FIAN Netherlands, FIAN Germany, FIAN Austria, IGO in Poland and FDCL in Germany have jointly elaborated a policy brief to discuss a paradigm shift for investments in agriculture
The policy brief “Policy Shift: Investing in Agricultural Alternatives” takes seriously the call for a paradigm shift in favour of investment in agricultural alternatives by identifying a set of ten key policy changes required to support and promote positive alternative investments. The approach adopted is both a normative one, informed by prevailing human rights norms, and an empirical one, informed by practical, on-the-ground examples of positive agricultural investments.
In order to set up the framework for such analysis, four premises or starting points are outlined at the beginning. The brief ends with a discussion as to how these recommendations can feed into existing policy initiatives and regulatory tendencies around agricultural investment, most notably the ongoing discussion on responsible agricultural investment (rai) at the Committee on World Food Security.