Water Stewardship in Agriculture: Accelerating Collective Action and Finance
- How are institutional investors, banks, and insurers pricing water risk into agri-food portfolios—and what tools are emerging to quantify exposure and incentivise better water outcomes?
- How are food companies assessing and mitigating both water scarcity and pollution risks across their sourcing regions? What early-warning tools and partnerships are helping prevent supply chain disruption?
- Which financial models, blended finance, co-investment, outcome-based payments, are driving on-farm adoption of precision irrigation, soil moisture sensors, and water reuse infrastructure?
- What’s the current investment landscape for water-focused agtech? How are start-ups using satellite monitoring, runoff prediction, nutrient tracking, and irrigation analytics to attract capital and scale?
- What does the emerging agri-water technology stack look like? How can predictive tools, sensor networks, and nutrient management systems be integrated to reduce water waste, improve soil health, and prevent runoff into local ecosystems?
- How can regulation and multi-stakeholder partnerships—between farmers, corporates, tech providers, and local authorities—be used to unlock private capital and align water stewardship with food production and regional sustainability goals?