Agritech: Capital Discipline and the Localization Turn Across the Global South

Olaniyi Evans

Hequation Review, 2026, vol. 3, issue 2, 16-22

Abstract: Agritech across the Global South has moved from a 2021 to 2022 funding peak into a sharp correction. This article synthesises published investment data, primary policy documents, and development and finance theory to argue that the contraction is a structural repricing rather than sectoral decline. Capital is shifting from venture equity for rapid multimarket scaling toward localised, infrastructure-linked models financed through blended instruments. The article frames the shift as a response to coordination failure, tests it against the global venture downturn and the commodity cycle, and draws implications for instrument design, capital concentration, and food security.

Keywords: agritech investment; blended finance; coordination failure; Global South; venture capital correction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G24 O13 O33 Q14 Q16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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