Around the world, climate change poses a systemic risk to economies and societies. COVID-19 has exacerbated the impacts of unsustainable agricultural practices and systems. Latin American and African economies have strong contributions from the agricultural sector. However, the lack of robust sustainable agricultural management and resilient supply chains jeopardises the ability to meet Paris Agreement climate targets and support a longer-term recovery from the pandemic.
Enhancing sustainable agriculture and forestry inclusive to agroforestry, silvopastoral and regenerative practices, will play a pivotal role in supporting the green recovery and addressing climate mitigation, particularly across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. These practices include sustainable land use, soil restoration, as well as integrating carbon sequestration, in order to achieve sustainable agricultural production whilst mitigating emissions. Supporting the management and scaling up of sustainable agricultural practices can provide a boost to rural economies and create jobs. It can also allow to restore and protect the environment, to help long-term development associated with increasing food security.
Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Peru) and Asia (Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria)
Implementation and strengthening of policy, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) practices towards Sustainable Agricultural land management, inclusive of agroforestry, Silvopastoral and regenerative practices
Increasing awareness and building capacity for agroforestry and restoration of degraded soils from agricultural practices, i.e. through silvopastoral practices, yield improvements, diversification, transparency, sustainable fertilizers, soil biodiversity and carbon sequestration
Developing scalable business models and enhanced market demand for sustainable supply chains that target local and zero deforestation commodities, including food, crops, and sustainable wood and lump charcoal
Projects which focus on pure afforestation and forestry that is NOT inclusive to agroforestry and silvopastoral practices, as defined in the scope
Projects that do not place emphasis towards mitigation practices for nature-based solutions/agroforestry (i.e. projects primarily focused on adaption)
For previous funding rounds, the following documents were used to describe the theme in detail in both Portuguese and Spanish. The same information can be found on this page in English.
