Food and Agriculture

OECD Agriculture Week: Business Encourages Smarter Farming with Greater Innovation and Investment

Published on 31/10/2025

Our Business at OECD Food and Agriculture Committee attend the OECD’s Agriculture Week, bringing together policymakers and stakeholders to advance sustainable farming. Our business delegation participated in the OECD Global Forum on Agriculture, which focused on Attracting New Farmers for the Future of Agriculture. Our Committee Vice-Chair and Bayer’s Alejandra Castro joined a panel, where she emphasised that ensuring the future of farming requires making agriculture a profitable and attractive career for young people, supported by different tools including innovation, investment, and policies that enable sustainable and economically viable farming systems.

Our Food and Agriculture Committee Vice-Chair and Bayer's Alejandra Castro speaking at a session of the OECD Global Forum on Agriculture on

Left to right: Bayer's Alejandra Castro, our Food and Agriculture Committee Chair Metin Akman, OECD Agriculture Director Marion Jansen, our Executive Director Hanni Rosenbaum, and our Director for Policy and Member Engagement Rokas Morkūnas.

Left to right: Our Food and Agriculture Committee Chair Metin Akman with the OECD's Agriculture Director Marion Jansen and Bayer's Alejandra Castro at our side event to the OECD Global Forum on Agriculture.

Our Food and Agriculture Committee Vice-Chair and Bayer's Alejandra Castro speaking at a session of the OECD Global Forum on Agriculture on "Vision for the agricultural profession in a changing environment".

Left to right: Bayer's Alejandra Castro, our Food and Agriculture Committee Chair Metin Akman, OECD Agriculture Director Marion Jansen, our Executive Director Hanni Rosenbaum, and our Director for Policy and Member Engagement Rokas Morkūnas.

Left to right: Our Food and Agriculture Committee Chair Metin Akman with the OECD's Agriculture Director Marion Jansen and Bayer's Alejandra Castro at our side event to the OECD Global Forum on Agriculture.

We concluded the week with our Business at OECD side-event to the Global Forum on Agriculture as part of our Peace for Food Campaign, including a panel with the OECD’s Agriculture Director Marion Jansen, our Committee Chair Metin Akman, and Bayer’s Alejandra Castro for an exchange on From Regulatory Burden to Smart Regulation for Sustainable Agriculture: Removing Barriers and Unlocking Innovation. Speakers outlined key business perspectives on risk management and resilience, highlighting the need for smarter, science-based regulations that foster innovation, enable investment in sustainable technologies, but also strengthen farmers’ capacity to adapt to climate and market risks.