Globally, agriculture is facing multiple challenges, including an increasing demand for food to feed a growing population, diminishing yields, and the degradation of natural resources and decline of biodiversity as a result of human activity. In addition, the impacts of climate change are posing new threats to the world’s farmers and our food systems.

Preparing the agriculture sector and building the resilience of small-scale farmers will not be possible without significant increases in climate finance. But it’s not only about increasing the cash flows – it’s also about ensuring they actually reach the small-scale farmers, small and medium enterprises, and cooperatives on the front lines of our food systems.

In this second of three events hosted by IFAD and Devex, we will shine a light on the needs of small-scale farmers in the face of climate change, as well as the barriers hindering them from accessing climate finance. We will also present key findings from a new joint report by IFAD and the Climate Policy Initiative tracking climate finance flows down to the level of small-scale producers.