Green Financing for Resilient and Inclusive Agriculture
| 2021 AgFunder AgriFood Tech Investment Report | Startups raised $26.1 billion in 2020, a 15.5% year-over-year increase, which we expect to increase to more than $30 billion as new 2020 deals come to light. This would represent 34.5% growth over 2019. |
| Free power, highly subsidized urea and open-ended procurement have become a deadly cocktail that are eating away the natural wealth of Punjab. | |
| A Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity: Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems | This joint FAO-UNDP-UNEP report calls for governments to rethink the way agriculture is subsidized and supported. The majority (87%) of $540 billion of support to agricultural producers is either price distorting or harmful to nature and health. |
| New research by The Economist Intelligence Unit, commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), shows that hundreds of millions of people all over the world are concerned, and that this number is growing. | |
The many environmental challenges facing the world are far from evenly shared across regions. Of the 100 cities facing the greatest environmental risks, 99 are in Asia, according to a report published today by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. Meanwhile, Europe is home to 14 of the 20 safest cities. Related Resource: Environmental Risk Outlook 2021 by Verisk Maplecroft | |
| The ADB Sustainability Report 2020 provides detailed information on the economic, social, and environmental impacts of ADB’s operations, activities, and institutional practices for 2018 and 2019. | |
| This guide from FAO offers technical practices and governance strategies to inform multi-risk analysis and local level consultations. | |
| To prevent the emergence of a new pandemic, monitoring of pathogens must be supported by socioeconomic solutions that protect biodiversity. | |
| This webinar examined and discussed ways to scale up private and public financing for food system transformation in the region, as well as emphasized the role of multilateral development banks and partners towards this goal. | |
| Article with insights from Martin Lemoine, Agribusiness Investment Unit Head at ADB, which is a Strategic Partner for the APAC Agri-Food Innovation Summit. | |
| GAFSP provides grants, blended finance solutions, and concessional financing to boost food security, nutrition, climate resilience, and livelihoods in the world’s poorest countries, including countries in conflict situations. | |
| New estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the food system were developed at the country level, for the period 1990–2018, integrating data from crop and livestock production, on-farm energy use, land use and land use change, domestic food transport and food waste disposal. | |
Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use The Global Consultation Report of the Food and Land Use Coalition September 2019 | The global report from the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) proposes a reform agenda – centred around ten critical transitions – of real actionable solutions. |
| How Can Agribusiness Help to Fight Climate Change? | Agriculture is central to
the climate crisis. While essential to human survival, it contributes to
greenhouse emissions that pose a dire threat to humanity’s future. Martin
Lemoine, Head of ADB’s Private Sector Agribusiness Unit, outlines how
agribusiness can help to reduce the impact of climate change if proactive,
innovative practices are embraced. |
| The publication provides insights that can enhance countries’ ability to make informed policy decisions that will benefit both their citizens and the environment, as well as contribute to achieving the SDGs. | |
This news release notes Gretchen Daily awarded with the environmental achievement prize for pioneering natural capital science. Related Resource: YouTube video on Tyler Prize 2020 | |
| Digitization in the agribusiness sector significantly increases the ability to feed the rapidly growing world population in a sustainable way. | |
| The Climate Change Action Plan 2021–2025 aims to advance the climate change aspects of the WBG’s Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development (GRID) approach, which pursues poverty eradication and shared prosperity with a sustainability lens. |
| The Asia-Pacific Rural Development and Food Security Forum is a signature event organized by the Rural Development and Food Security (Agriculture) Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank. | Asian Development Bank Development Asia ADB Knowledge Events |