Rabobank, a Dutch bank, wants its $1 billion program that they’ve launched with the UN to help with food production around the world and to help farmers across Asia to increase their productivity. The “Kickstart Food” program is intended to lend money to clients and partners around the world who can help farmers to increase their knowledge and production techniques.
As Diane Boogaard, the chief executive for Asia at Rabobank told the South China Morning Post, “We want to see an increase in agricultural productivity in a sustainable manner, and to reduce food waste in all agricultural supply chains across Asia to ultimately help Asian farmers make a living.”
She continued, “The programme is not a pure charity but it is a finance programme and network to help solve the world’s shortage of food. Our target is to increase food production by 60 per cent while reducing the sector’s environmental footprint by 50 per cent by 2050.”