Food security: global trends & opportunities seminar
Food security: global trends & opportunities seminar
Malachy Mitchell, Managing Director, Farrelly & Mitchell – provides an overview of the agri-food investment environment, in the Global Trends and Investment Seminar held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He also reveals three factors that are critical determinants for the development of farm structures.
Key Takeaways
Drivers of Global Food Prices: Key supply and demand drivers
Global Arable Land in 2007:1.6 bn hectares could be added to production.
Evolution of Large-Scale investment in agriculture
Research & Due Diligence: Importance of PEST Analysis
Three factors are critical determinants to the development of farm structures:
-Access to credit & insurance
-Lumpy inputs (machinery & skills)
-Nonagricultural wage rate
Potential rates of return: Potential rates of return for selected sectors/opportunities –

Malachy Mitchell is co-founder and Managing Director of Farrelly & Mitchell. He works with CEOs, executives and leaders from private enterprises and public sector institutions helping to grow their food sector companies and agribusinesses.
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Food security: global trends & opportunities seminar
Food security: global trends & opportunities seminar
Malachy Mitchell, Managing Director, Farrelly & Mitchell – provides an overview of the agri-food investment environment, in the Global Trends and Investment Seminar held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He also reveals three factors that are critical determinants for the development of farm structures.

Key Takeaways
Drivers of Global Food Prices: Key supply and demand drivers
Global Arable Land in 2007:1.6 bn hectares could be added to production.
Evolution of Large-Scale investment in agriculture
Research & Due Diligence: Importance of PEST Analysis
Three factors are critical determinants to the development of farm structures:
-Access to credit & insurance
-Lumpy inputs (machinery & skills)
-Nonagricultural wage rate
Potential rates of return: Potential rates of return for selected sectors/opportunities –

Malachy Mitchell is co-founder and Managing Director of Farrelly & Mitchell. He works with CEOs, executives and leaders from private enterprises and public sector institutions helping to grow their food sector companies and agribusinesses.
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Stay up to date with the latest agribusiness blog, Insights, and more sent straight to your inbox.
Malachy Mitchell's featured publications
Government & multilaterals
TAG food management targets profitable growth in local food & beverage
Food safety & security
The cost of living crisis: Inflation, price caps and the road to food security
Insect protein, how can companies overcome the ‘yuck’ factor?
Insect protein, how can companies overcome the ‘yuck’ factor?
Food & beverage
The rise of agriculture as an institutional asset class
Food safety & security
BBC report draws on Farrelly & Mitchell analysis of COVID-19 impact in Arab nations
Food safety & security
Supply chains & food security: assessing the impact of disruptive forces
Food safety & security
Farrelly & Mitchell analysis: Lebanon explosion exposes lack of food security plan
Is Covid-19 accelerating ESG investment in food and agribusiness?
Is Covid-19 accelerating ESG investment in food and agribusiness?
Government & multilaterals
TAG food management targets profitable growth in local food & beverage
Food safety & security
The cost of living crisis: Inflation, price caps and the road to food security
Insect protein, how can companies overcome the ‘yuck’ factor?
Insect protein, how can companies overcome the ‘yuck’ factor?
Food & beverage
The rise of agriculture as an institutional asset class
Food safety & security
BBC report draws on Farrelly & Mitchell analysis of COVID-19 impact in Arab nations
Food safety & security
Supply chains & food security: assessing the impact of disruptive forces
Food safety & security
Farrelly & Mitchell analysis: Lebanon explosion exposes lack of food security plan
Is Covid-19 accelerating ESG investment in food and agribusiness?
Is Covid-19 accelerating ESG investment in food and agribusiness?
Government & multilaterals