Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Policymakers, donors, and investors are seeing the wisdom of investing in soil restoration, agroecology, agroforestry, and biodiversity, among other regenerative actions. Not only are these markets a good fit for smallholder farmers who practice agroecology , but they are also more equitable and accessible for women and youth.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This is the first part of an articles series based on based on conversations held during COP16 (Cali) and COP29 (Baku) side events by leading food system actors, who explored solutions provided by agroecology. And efforts to make food systems more nature positive, including through agroecology, must be integral to each.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

“The direction of the market at present points to the fact that regenerative, nature-based credits are priced artificially low and that valuing mitigation projects based solely on their supposed carbon benefit is neither the proper vehicle to drive drawdown nor to finance better land management,” she acknowledges.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

Yet, without defined priorities or target recipients, the program may inevitably lend itself to financing large-scale operations rather than serve as a new capital product for small, scaling, or new local operations.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Financial institutions, including several UK banks, are also investing in piloting new finance schemes. xliii] Improved pastures managed using agroecological practices contain up to 41% more plant species than conventionally managed pastures, a level of species richness comparable with some semi-natural grasslands. cattle industry.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Producer premiums for regenerative products have begun to pop up but, as Bande notes, the financing mechanism must be “way broader” than this. He argues agroecological systems are “networks of relationships, not collections of practices. They cannot be easily rendered into a set of definitions, standards or technological principles”.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is a coalition of civil society organizations advocating for food sovereignty and agroecology across the continent. The food system cant change overnight, but the flow of finance can, says Dharshan Wignarajah, CPIs UK Director.

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