Untapped Potential

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Online Location

https://asianfarmers.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Untapped_Potential_An_analysis_of_international_public_climate_finance_flows_to_sustainable_agriculture_and_family_farmers.pdf

Publication date

28/11/2023

Language:

English

Type of Publication:

Studies

Focus Region:

Global

Focus Topic:

Climate / Weather / Environment

Rural Finance / Insurance

Author

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), Confederation of Family Producers’ Organizations of Greater Mercosur (COPROFAM), Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF), Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF), Maghreb and North African Farmers Union (UMNAGRI), Network of West African Farmers’ and Producers’ Organisations (ROPPA), Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON), Regional Rural Dialogue Programme (PDRR), Regional Platform of Farmers’ Organizations in Central Africa (PROPAC) and the World Rural Forum (WRF). The analysis was conducted by Climate Focus.

Small-scale family farmers are the unsung heroes of the global food system. They produce over a third of the world’s food and are key to climate adaptation, yet new analysis reveals they receive just 0.3% of international climate finance.

Discover the report based on the results of the new analysis of international public climate flows by Climate Focus, conducted on behalf of family farming networks representing over 35 million family farmers in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, which reveals that only a tiny proportion is spent on family farmers and sustainable agriculture.