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Op-Ed | A Missing Investment Strategy: Climate Resilience Hides in Local Food Markets

Food Tank

Local manufacturing of bio-inputs including fertilizers, bio- pesticides, and inoculants is booming. Finance can be inclusive and accessible. Smallholder agroecological farmers are not being supported at any level of finance. These markets are large and important to local producers. The missing middle is a myth.

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Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Wednesday, Nov. 20

Food Tank

First, we need to commit to the pledges for finances that are made at COP. At the G20 Summit, which also took place this week in Brazil, global leaders issued the Rio de Janeiro Leaders’ Declaration and reaffirmed their support for inclusive climate action and financing. As a small economy, my nation faces the brunt.

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Navigating Agricultural Financing as a Farmer: Challenges and Opportunities

Farmbrite

Occasionally as farmers and business owners, we need to find financing to support or grow our businesses. In this blog post, we'll explore what financing looks like for both lenders and agricultural producers and the steps to help you as a farmer find financing and other funding for your farm.

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Across Farm Country, Fertilizer Pollution Impacts Not Just Health, but Water Costs, Too

Civil Eats

This “leaky system” refers to what is not absorbed by the crops on the field, most dangerously, in this case, fertilizer. “It’s And farmers know they’re going to lose some fertilizer. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. As a consequence, they apply extra as insurance.”

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Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Nov. 16

Food Tank

As I’ve mentioned, a major solution being discussed here in Baku is financing, and we saw even more progress toward investment yesterday. We can no longer clear all the trees, cannot allow our soils to degrade, cannot fertilize without care.” After COP29, he said, he can go back to Belize and say “that there is hope.

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Op-Ed | A Case for Food Diversification

Food Tank

Integrating livestock with crops can create a closed-loop system where manure provides fertilizer and reduces reliance on external inputs. Equipment sharing and community information sharing about financing helps to adapt quickly to the changes. If one product suffers due to pests or weather events, others can still provide income.

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10 timely tips to overcome the farm economy downturn

Western FarmPress

To find a firm financial footing, identify farm basics – like marketing, land, fertilizer or financing – that can be improved by 1%.

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