Screening for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems

This course focuses on the screening phase of the investment assessment process. It explains what screening and due diligence are and why they are such important policy instruments for governments seeking to attract, promote and regulate responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, and avoid investment that causes or contributes to harm. The course also provides practical information on the way a screening process should be designed and implemented and describes some of the barriers to uptake and implementation that must be overcome in order for screening to be most effective.

Course content:

• Why it is important for governments to foster responsible agricultural investment in their countries and prevent irresponsible investment.
• The role that governments should play in relation to agricultural investment.
• What investment screening and due diligence are, and why they are important.
• What the main entry points are to conduct investment screening.
• How an investment screening process should be designed and implemented.
• What legal constraints can hinder investment screening.