Vera Ondei
Agricultural journalist since 1994. In two stints, she spent 17 years as a reporter for the print magazine, online editor, commentator at DBO/TerraViva, and digital media coordinator at DBO Editores Associados. From 2011 to the end of 2019, she was editor of Dinheiro Rural Magazine, from Editora Três, with projects such as The Best of Dinheiro Rural, Leadership Management, and the 100 Most Influential in Agribusiness. Since April 2021, she has been Agribusiness editor at Forbes Brazil. Creator of the Forbes Agro100 ranking and creator and co-founder of the FMA group (Forbes MulherAgro).
Food at Gold Prices and the Future of Food Security
Climate shocks, geopolitical conflicts, currency volatility and logistical concentration have been putting pressure on food prices on a global scale. At the same time, long supply chains dependent on few strategic inputs reveal structural weaknesses. This panel discusses why food is becoming increasingly expensive, and how technology, productive regionalization and new distribution models can make supply chains more resilient.