In fiscal year 2024, climate finance amounted to 62 percent of total lending in the agriculture and food sector, in the World Bank. World Bank food- and agriculture-oriented projects approved between ...

Recent data analysis conducted by a human rights advocacy organization found that nearly a dozen international finance institutions directed over $3 billion to animal agriculture in 2023. The majority ...

Staff at Working Landscapes' food hub processing center unload boxes of greens. The group is involved with the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, (Photo: Working Landscapes) A ...

Producers who were awarded contracts with the Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture pilot program are expected to begin receiving at least a portion of payments within days, according to those ...

Calling the grants a “slush fund,” the Agriculture Department said it may let some projects continue if they align with Trump administration priorities. The Agriculture Department said Monday it’s ...

AgriCapture climate-friendly rice. The company's project was one of the ones that survived the recent reconfiguring of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program (Photo: AgriCapture) ...

The Taraba State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Professor Nicholas Oliver, has said unpredictable rainfall, ...

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April 15, 2025 Update: After nearly three months of frozen payments, the USDA announced that it would officially cancel the Biden-era Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program. However, the ...

BESAKOA, Madagascar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Most days, Hitasoa ignores breakfast and lunch. She is too busy finding enough money to buy food for dinner - and even that is a challenge in ...

Nakuru ASK Chairman Perminus Migwi and Marketing Chair David Mwangi inspect maize at the Nakuru ASK Show grounds on June 16, 2025. This year’s show, themed “Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture and ...

The National Agricultural Development Fund is spearheading a new initiative to strengthen climate-smart farming in Nigeria through index-based insurance and blended finance. In a statement issued and ...