ARHUF - Diverging Strategies Emerge As Geopolitical Risks Rise In Food And Agri
2025-06-04 09:49:00 ET
Summary
- Geopolitical risks are gaining importance in the food and agriculture sector, prompting calls for the development of more formal risk policies.
- The business leaders we spoke to are tackling the issue in different ways.
- European companies are on average more exposed to shifts because the EU is more open to trade and has a bigger dependency on energy, raw materials and technology, relative to other regions.
By Thijs Geijer & Warren Patterson
When dependencies become vulnerabilities
Running a global food and agriculture business means being reliant on many things, including weather, politics, economics and technology. But with heightened geopolitical uncertainty, such dependencies are viewed in a different light. Or as former ECB President Mario Draghi put it, “dependencies are becoming vulnerabilities”....
Diverging Strategies Emerge As Geopolitical Risks Rise In Food And Agri