EBRD approves new food and agribusiness strategy

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its Food and Agribusiness Strategy 2025 (2025 Strategy). This comprehensive strategy sets a course for the sustainable transformation of the food and agribusiness sector amidst the complexities of global food systems.

The new 2025 Strategy enhances and sharpens the Bank’s approach, considering the agrifood sector within the broader context of food systems. It places a greater emphasis on environmental, social, and economic sustainability, private sector engagement and partnerships within global food systems. It aims to raise green and economic inclusion targets its new strategy cycle.

By combining innovation with proven, context-sensitive practices, the 2025 Strategy aims to achieve genuine, consequential change. Its central concept, incremental radicalism, is an approach for gradually incorporating emerging solutions, that bring lasting impact and enable stable and resilient food systems to flourish sustainably.

The 2025 Strategy will serve as the overarching framework guiding all EBRD’s operations, investments, and policy interventions in the agrifood sector. This ensures coherence and alignment across all EBRD operations while being mindful of country-specific priorities.

The 2025 Strategy’s approach is based on the EBRD’s deep understanding of regional markets, allowing it to make the most of emerging opportunities to steadily and sustainably transform the agrifood sector. The new 2025 Strategy aims to create sustainable and resilient food systems that can adapt to the ever-changing global landscape.

Read the full article on the EBRD website.

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