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                                                                      Feeding future generations: How finance can boost innovation in agri-food - Executive summary

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                                                                        27 Mar 2019

                                                                        ISBN: 978-92-861-4238-3 (PDF/EN)

                                                                        DOI: 10.2867/32672

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                                                                      The food sector is a strategic part of the European economy, but it faces many complex challenges:

                                                                      • The sector is afraid of risk
                                                                      • Spending on innovation is low
                                                                      • The sector does not use technology adequately
                                                                      • The financing landscape is too fragmented

                                                                      To prepare food production for the future, we need more innovation, we must reap the full potential of technology, and we need creative financing.

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