Mohamad Yaghi, Agriculture & Climate Policy Lead at the RBC Climate Action Institute, discusses agtech’s important role in generating investment opportunities for family offices—and reducing environmental impact, including:
- Agriculture’s major contribution to Canada’s economy (7% of GDP)
- The advent of agtech with the steam tractor and self-propelled combine
- Ways that agtech is assisting farmers to enhance the environment
- Some recent examples of Canadian agtech success stories
- Agtech’s significant growth potential in the face of severe funding shortfalls
- The importance of investing in agtech and rural development (think enhanced broadband)
- Agtech investment areas that look particularly promising for family offices
“Family offices can best deploy capital to agtech by finding a niche and understanding the opportunities there.”
—Mohamad Yaghi, RBC Climate Action Institute
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