Financing the Farm Transition: Capital, Control & Inequality

22 Sept 2026
Auditorium
Main Stage
  • How much of transition finance represents new capital vs a reallocation of existing flows, and what is needed to unlock additional investment into agriculture?
  • How are bank lending conditions and government schemes shaping which farming practices are financeable and which are not?
  • Can corporate procurement standards and retailer sustainability scorecards become a genuine pathway into transition finance for farm businesses?
  • Who has access to transition capital and what financing models are emerging to support smallholders, tenant farmers, and frontier market producers?
  • Do current financing structures accelerate the transition or concentrate its benefits in operations already positioned to change?
Host
Joseph Gridley
Joseph Gridley, CEO and Founder - SOIL ASSOCIATION EXCHANGE
Speakers
Eoin Lowry
Eoin Lowry, Head of Agriculture - BANK OF IRELAND
Christian Bock
Christian Bock, Managing Director - RENTENBANK
Nicoline van Gerrevink
Nicoline van Gerrevink, Executive Director, Food System Transition - RABOBANK