Tagged with "Innovative Finance"

Sustainable agriculture won’t be delivered top down

© All right reserved © Marcus Mesquita Photographer As IDH’s landscapes team prepares for this week’s Sustainable Landscapes and Commodities Forum in Amsterdam, Global Landscapes Director Matthew…

Mirova teams up with Aqre Group to develop agroforestry systems in partnership smallholder farmers in Madagascar

© Aqre / Photographer: Maurice BoyerParis, October 26, 2022 – Mirova announces the 10th investment of its sustainable land use strategy, aimed at supporting the development…

AGRI3 Technical Assistance

IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative, as manager of the AGRI3 Technical Assistance Facility (TAF), can support companies and commercial financial institutions to develop high sustainability impact investment projects using technical assistance support. The aim of this support is to meet investment requirements for commercial financing that can be supported by impact funds such as the AGRI3 Fund, or to maximize the impact of projects already supported by AGRI3 Fund.

LDN TAF 2nd Learning Brief on Sustainable Land Management

The publication marks two years of the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund and Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) being operational. It shares showcases the groundbreaking work of the TAF and the…

Press Release: IDH Farmfit Fund provides US $1,000,000 loan to grow input financing program at ACOM, Vietnam’s fifth largest coffee exporter

The investment will accelerate ACOM’s program to support and expand the businesses of over 3,000 smallholder coffee farmers across Vietnam. Utrecht — April 11, 2022 — IDH Farmfit Fund proudly announces…

Appel à Propositions – Ecookim

Pour l’analyse de rentabilité et l’accès au financement de l’agroforesterie   Ecookim Coop-Ca (Ecookim) est une union de coopératives qui achète, transforme et exporte des fèves de cacao en Côte…

Call for Proposals – Ecookim

How can data-sharing partnerships enhance access to finance for smallholder farmers?

Access to finance is a key challenge holding back smallholder farmers. This finance gap represents a business opportunity ripe for innovation. Data-sharing partnerships hold the potential for improving access to…

IDH Farmfit Fund, Rabobank and FMO invest in small-scale farming in developing countries

The Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO and Rabobank are becoming partners in the EUR 100 million IDH Farmfit Fund with an investment of EUR 10 million each. This unique fund,…

Blended finance has the potential to address the climate financing gap – But the current grant-capital-return mix is standing in the way

Green finance is finally having its moment. $491 billion in sustainable bonds were issued in 2020, a jump from $200 billion in 2018, as reported by…