Search Results - "Finance"

drivers of Africa’s agriculture transformation: A CAADP biennial review account by Benin, Samuel

“…For example, access to finance and extension have risen over time; fertilizer use, irrigation development, agriculture growth, and adult undernourishment have fallen over time; and child nutrition and poverty have remained stagnant over time. …”
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Circular bioeconomy for sustainable resource management and livelihood improvement in Ethiopia by Bodach, Susanne, Alegbeleye, Oluwadara, Taron, Avinandan, Hagos, Fitsum

“…Key findings of this study are that a robust regulatory framework, streamlined business registration, and access to finance are critical for creating an enabling investment climate for CBE. …”
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Loss and Damage - COP29 Updates by Jeanneau, Louise

“…In addition, agriculture, which received only 4.3% of climate finance in 2019-2020 and has not been a central focus in L&D discussions, must be prioritized. …”
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Climate crisis seen through gender lens by Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture, CGIAR Impact Platform on Climate Change, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

“…They included technology transfer, just transition to renewable energy in the face of recently discovered fossil fuel deposits in Africa, the contentious climate finance, and energy poverty that affects more than 600,000 persons in the continent alone. …”
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Women's collective action and its impact on their resilience in agri-food systems: a rapid evidence review by Booker, Francesca, Duffy, Janine, Nicolini, Giulia, Núñez del Prado Nieto, Isabela, Wagner, Kata, Verma, Benu, Anbacha, Abiyot, Puskur, Ranjitha, Kori, Pooja

“…Using thematic analysis, the authors detailed five groups of impact: (1) access to finance for food security and household costs; (2) access to finance to diversify and enhance livelihoods; (3) peer support and resource sharing; (4) knowledge and skills training; and (5) resilience of the collective action. …”
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Bootcamp AICCRA-ITC Renforcement des capacités des acteurs de la chaine de valeur anacarde by Atadokpede, Marine, Siagbe, Golli, Marius, Assogba Guy, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Ouedraogo, Issa, Derenoncourt, Marie Ena Pascale

“…Participants deepened their understanding of basic concepts related to climate change, climate variability, and green finance. They then analyzed the impacts of climate change on their economic activities, evaluated existing adaptation strategies, and identified areas for improvement tailored to their respective contexts. …”
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Scaling whole-farm innovation bundles for sustainable and equitable mixed farming systems in Malawi by Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Sseguya, Haroon, Tufa, Adane, Manda, Julius, Liben, Feyera, Omondi, John Okoth

“…The workshop responded to growing evidence that isolated technical interventions have limited impact when deployed without complementary market, finance, governance, and advisory system strategies. …”
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Prospects, challenges and institutional linkages of vegetable value chain in Ibadan city of Nigeria by Olajide-Taiwo, L. O., Bamimore, K., Olajide-Taiwo, F. B., Cofie, Olufunke O., Babajide, K. S.

“…The crops are planted on roadsides (23%), in backyards (22%), and near streams (14%), among other locations. Inadequate finance ranked highest among the listed constraints, and institutional linkages are weak. …”
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Toward the Efficient Impact Frontier by McCreless,Michael

“…Now, as the field reaches a new stage of maturity, leading social finance organizations are developing models that bring greater sophistication to the work of evaluating investment options. …”
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African climate processes, actors and institutions: What this means for farmers by Eastern Africa Famers Federation

“…This is needed to prioritize climate change, to improve climate-resilient agricultural systems for the livelihoods of farmers amidst a changing climate, as well as to find opportunities to enhance climate finance and capacity development support.…”
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Climate change Lake Victoria Region (5 minute Documentary) by Adam, Rahma

“…They report on the impacts of climate change in their livelihoods, issues of access to finance and much more. Moreover, the video shows the views and recommendations of researchers, government agencies, development actors on how to better the lives of fisher communities in the two counties in Kenya.…”
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Climate change Lake Victoria Region by Adam, Rahma

“…They report on the impacts of climate change in their livelihoods, issues of access to finance and much more. Moreover, the video shows the views and recommendations of researchers, government agencies, development actors on how to better the lives of fisher communities in the two counties in Kenya.…”
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Institutions and public agricultural investments: A qualitative study of state and local government spending in Nigeria by Mogues, Tewodaj, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope

“…This paper makes a contribution to this literature by drawing on the framework of actor-centered institutionalism (Scharpf 1997) to empirically examine how political and budget institutions affect the incentives of actors involved in the public agricultural finance process, structures the interactions between them, and ultimately shapes expenditure allocations…”
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Leveraging Synergies from Integrative Land-Biodiversity-Climate Action for Improving Monitoring, Reporting, and Investments into Land Restoration in Uzbekistan by Economics of Land Degradation Initiative

“…The brief promotes the adoption of synergistic MRV systems and public-private finance mechanisms for more efficient land restoration.…”
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Shaping Kenya County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) for resilience and peace by Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

“…This carousel explores how climate finance can support resilience and peace through Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund. …”
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#SB40 Side event: Planning climate adaptation in agriculture by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This side event during #sb40 featured the release of the CCAFS policy brief No. 9 “Climate adaptation and agriculture: Solutions to successful national adaptation plans,† and a panel discussion of research, policy and finance needs as countries implement national adaptation planning (NAP) processes. …”
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Nana Helene - Ninigui (Yatenga province), Burkina Faso by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…She has also installed a small pump, bought through a micro finance loan, that serves her with water from the nearby dam. …”
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Experience capitalization: Insights on rural development in West Africa by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The stories come from Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, and they cover different themes – from rural finance to the mainstreaming of youth and gender-friendly policies. …”
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Engaging youth in policy processes on agriculture and agribusiness by Shitaatala, Eva, Mabonga, Lilian, Adedeji, Oluwaseun, Nsanganira, Tony R.

“…The recent CTA workshop on ‘facilitating next-generation ACP agriculture through youth entrepreneurship, job creation and digitalisation’ identified seven critical success factors for successful rural entrepreneurship and job creation: access by youth to investment and finance, scalable approaches and models that can be taken up, enabling policy environments for youth, agriculture that is attractive to youth, access by youth to markets, business models that work, and access to a pool of appropriate skills, capacities and knowledge and ways to grow these.…”
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El cultivo de berenjena: Un análisis de la Competitividad en el Caribe húmedo by Martinez Reina, Antonio Maria, Tordecilla Zumaque, Lilibeth, Rodriguez Pinto, Maria del Valle, Grandett Martinez, Liliana Maria

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