Briefing note: funding trends, terms, and tensions
- Katherine Lewis
- Mar 2
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 3
Ag.Impact Funders Forum | February 2026
This briefing summarises a discussion of
the Ag.Impact Funders Forum, a group of
public, private, and philanthropic funders
backing transformational change in
agriculture. The conversation included:
Investors' growing focus on resilience.
Government's renewed commitment
to industrial strategy.
Tensions between investing in farming
productivity vs wider economic growth.
How to structure short-term funding to achieve long-term impact.
