Sector: Sustainable Food Systems - Impact Fund Denmark

Why it matters

Developing sustainable food systems is vital to feed a growing population, advance food security, and support smallholder livelihoods without accelerating climate change or depleting natural resources.

We invest in companies operating within sustainable food systems, supporting equitable access to healthy food while advancing sustainable production – especially empowering smallholder farmers.

Our impact priorities

Ensure food security and healthy lives
Ensure decent livelihood and jobs
Support climate-mitigation and adaptive solutions
Preserve ecosystems and natural resources

Our focus areas

Focus area

Crop-systems

Investments in climate-smart farming and low-emission inputs help farmers adapt to regenerative and climate-smart practices, thereby increasing access to affordable and healthy food.

Focus area

Logistics

Investments in infrastructure and tech solutions reduce food loss, improve market access, and increase income opportunities for smallholder farmers.

Focus area

Processing

Investments in localised and sustainable processing improve food quality, reduce spoilage, and integrate smallholder farmers, thereby strengthening resilience of vulnerable communities to economic and climate-related shocks.

Focus area

Forestry

Investments in sustainable forest management, agroforestry, and restoration of degraded land improve biodiversity and reduce CO2-emissions.

Impact in numbers

1.4

million smallholder farmers supported

20,686

direct jobs supported

63,500

HA forest area planted

18.7

million tonnes CO2-emissions sequestered

Case

Verdant Orchards

Verdant Orchards expands agribusiness in Mozambique, Zambia and South Africa, scaling high-value orchards and creating jobs while promoting sustainable agriculture.

SDGS

Case

Imperium Holding

Imperium Holding drives economic growth in Morocco, doubling capacity of their core products and advancing employment opportunities for women.

SDGS

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Crop-systems

Logistics

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Forestry

Impact in numbers

1.4

20,686

63,500

18.7

Verdant Orchards

Imperium Holding

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Otto Vinther Christensen

Rena Chen

Anders Frigaard

Andrew Opondo

Jesper Kaspersen

Christian Holck

Ditlev Peter Meulengracht

Emma Stubberup

Frederikke Mikkelsen

Youssef Shelbaya