HighQuest advisors are constantly monitoring new trends, challenges and opportunities for companies and investors operating in and allocating capital across the global food and agricultural value chain. To provide insights on these developments, they periodically publish thought leadership pieces, give interviews to the media and participate as speakers at industry conferences. Recently published papers and reports, articles and interviews include:

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Authored Papers/Reports/Podcasts:
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• White Paper: The Financialization of Carbon Assets in Food and Agriculture. May 2021. By Philippe de Lapérouse and Mark Zavodnyik, HighQuest Consulting

• Podcast:  Shoptalk: Trends in Agriculture Production and Investing, a podcast with IREI, September 10, 2020

• Exclusive Report: Global AgInvesting Rankings & Trends Report 2019, April 2020. By Philippe de Lapérouse and Mark Zavodnyik, HighQuest Consulting

• Exclusive Report: The U.S. Farmland Market - Trends, Issues and Opportunities, April 2019. By Ben Palen, HighQuest Consulting

• White Paper: From Plantation to Pricing: Navigating the Modern Palm Oil Landscape, November 2017. By Mark Zavodnyik, HighQuest Consulting
  
   

Authored Articles:

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• Consultant's Corner: Growing Demand for Carbon Offsets, GAI News, May 10, 2021

• Consultant's Corner: Opportunities in the New Era of Fragility, GAI News, April 6, 2020

• Consultant's Corner: Consumer Trends Driving Change Across the Food and Ag Industry, GAI News, April 25, 2019
• Consultant's Corner: Technology Advancements in Grocery Retail, GAI News, February 25, 2019
• Consultant's Corner: The Impact on Ag from the Trade War, GAI News, February 7, 2019
• Trends in Allocations to Farmland Investing: A Global Perspective, December 2017

• Capital and Innovation Flow Into a New Generation of Irrigation Technologies, December 2017

• Technology Plays in Aquaculture, October 2017

• Outlook on Ag 2016 Q4, (Webinar), November 2016

• Sorghum's Growth Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa, (pgs. 47-51) May 2016

• Tackling AMR in the Food Chain, April 2016

• Aquaculture: A New Frontier For Institutional Investors, February 2014

 

 

"In the News" Contributions (where our experts spoke to media):

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• MACA 2020: Agricultural Investment, Today and Into the Future, by Eric Sfiligoj|, October 6, 2020

• Podcast - Shoptalk: Trends in Agriculture Production and Investing, an interview with IREI, September 10, 2020

• COVID-19 How the Crisis is Affecting the Food System of the Future, A Report from AGFO, May 26, 2020 (Get a copy of the full report here.)

• Future of Food Trader Dreyfus in the Hands of Late Chief’s Russian-Born Billionaire Wife, The Telegraph. January 11, 2020.

• BG/ADM: Soybean Crushing and Grain Handling Markets Raise Antitrust Questions, January 2018

• Diversifying an Emerging-Markets Portfolio, December 2017 (Access to Barron's required to read this interview where HighQuest consultant Philippe de Lapérouse is quoted.)

• Investing Expert Sees Big Opportunities in Aquaculture, November 2017

• Foreign Investments Alter Ag Landscape, April 2016

• Accredited Investor Markets Radio: BioTech, BioEnergy, Food & Agricultural Investments, (An Interview) December 2015

• Investor Insight: Philippe de Lapérouse on Investing in Agriculture and AgTech, April 2015

• Allocating Capital to Food and Agriculture, (Podcast) November 2014 ​

• The Case for Investing in Australian Agriculture, (An Interview) August 2012