All Agriculture articles
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White papersAgroSpheres: Breaking the mould on pesticide use
AgroSpheres (AGS) is the latest addition to the Regenerative Growth I portfolio, our agritech private equity strategy. The company has been heralded as the ‘missing link’ in environmentally friendly crop protection and we are excited to support its growth across Europe and the US.
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PodcastSpeaking of Alternatives… Let’s Talk Agriculture
Speaking of Alternatives is an original podcast from PGIM, providing a global perspective on the rich and diverse landscape of alternative investments. Each month, guests join Eric Adler, President and CEO of PGIM Private Alternatives, to cut through the complexities and get to the heart of alternative investing. Together they look beyond the headlines and scrutinise the latest trends and strategies driving this important asset class.
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White papersAgritech: Specialist Investors Reset Valuations
Agritech is an industry that offers some amazing innovations and lots of theoretical potential, but successful investments must be grounded in reality.
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White papersAGRITECH: Growing market players = collaboration, not competition
Tackling the world’s broken food systems is an enormous challenge – more quality players in the agritech space are helping to drive change, fuel knowledge sharing and reduce transaction risk.
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White papersRegenerative agriculture: definition, implementation, and impact
Feeding a growing population in a world of increasingly scarce natural resources will require sustainable solutions, which is where regenerative agriculture could play a critical role. For investors, building and sustainably managing a globally diversified portfolio of agricultural assets can generate competitive risk-adjusted returns while providing socioeconomic and environmental ...
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White papersApplying an insider’s mindset to deliver mass-market change
Combining on-the-ground farming knowledge with investment expertise is what we believe sets agritech strategies apart.
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White papersInvesting in biodiversity - Markets to finance the protection, better management and restoration of nature
Unprecedented global action to address the decline in nature and its causes is underway, and investments in biodiversity will be a critical part of these efforts.
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White papersThe opportunities and challenges of international trade in agriculture
An imbalance between limited natural resources and the growing appetite for farm products makes agricultural trade critical to meeting global food demand, bringing with it further opportunities for agricultural producers, agribusinesses, and investors.
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White papersA new form of regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture principles sit at the core of food production in the transition to new food systems. They form a vision of food production that seeks to enhance soil health and empower farmers, while at the same time maintaining nutrient content and crop yield.
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White papersBuilding new food systems with GM crops
Modern agricultural biotechnology is harnessing ecological and biological science to improve food security in the face of population pressures and climate change. Genetically modified (GM) crops are a key innovation poised to drive the next green revolution in food production, in our view.
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White papersHow is precision agriculture transforming food systems?
The transition to new food systems will disrupt existing profit pools across industries and create new ones. This transformation is anticipated to potentially generate annual revenues of USD 1.5 trillion globally by 2030.
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White papersWhy invest in agriculture now?
The solid fundamentals supporting farmland as an asset class remain. Now, new advances are sustainably increasing farmland yields while creating additional income streams.
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White papersFood for Thought: Investment Opportunities Across a Changing Food System
From farm to fork, our global food system is vast, complex, inefficient and increasingly unfit for purpose. But with the global food system representing just 10% of global GDP, why should institutional investors care?
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White papersFarmland’s inflation-hedging characteristics
A comprehensive analysis of different crop types’ performance in an inflationary environment.
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Podcast2023 Sustainable Investing Midyear Outlook: Agri-Food for Thought
Tom Lyons, head of Climate for Allspring, and Chris McKnett, head of Sustainable Strategy, Stewardship, and Implementation for Allspring’s Sustainability team, discuss the impacts of a changing climate and how they’re becoming increasingly evident worldwide on different industries, especially how the world produces and consumes food. A more complete discussion can be found in Allspring’s midyear report.
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White papersAgri-food for thought: How might sustainability change markets in the coming decades?
Tom Lyons, Allspring’s head of Climate, explains the worsening challenges from current food-production processes, their solutions, and portfolio adjustments to consider to potentially capture future growth opportunities.
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White papersU.S. farmland investment returns: continued gains in 2022
Our optimistic outlook for U.S. agricultural investments continues following overall outstanding performance.
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White papersBuilding resilience: IREI interview on infrastructure’s potential to benefit global food security
The consequences of COVID-19 triggered global concern around food security. Even developed countries such as the UK worried about food shortages during the global lockdown because borders were basically closed. In some regions, such as the Middle East, there were concerns about the potential political unrest due to shortages and rising food prices.
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White papersThe Inflation Reduction Act: implications for U.S. timberland and agriculture
Aiming to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 40% by 2030, this legislation represents the single largest investment in climate and clean energy solutions in American history. We examine its potential impact on foresters and farmers—and on investments in U.S. timberland and agriculture.
