To ensure small-scale farmers and rural populations from developing countries receive the attention and funding they urgently need, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is organising, and will be active in, over twenty events at COP27 to highlight the challenges and solutions that small-scale farmers need to feed a growing population while adapting to the escalating impacts of climate change.
Small-scale farmers are essential to global food security and stability. They produce one third of the world's food (as much as 80 percent in many developing countries) yet their livelihoods and capacity to feed the planet are threatened by ever-increasing extreme weather events, erratic and changing rain patterns and the deterioration of ecosystems. Solutions to help small-scale farmers adapt exist and provide multiple benefits, but significant investments are urgently required to implement change at a global scale.
WHEN: from 9 to 17 November 2022
WHAT: Events at IFAD Pavilion - opportunity to interact with small-scale farmers and climate experts.
Events will span all aspects of climate adaptation including financing solutions, the role of the private sector, the power of youth and women, the value of carbon markets, and solutions brought by farmers' organizations and indigenous communities. Consult the full list at the IFAD Pavilion Events.
Media are encouraged to join the events and ask questions. Interviews with participating farmers and experts are available upon request.
HOW: Follow the live webcast or register for specific events.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS
9 November, 16:30-17:30 (Cairo Time): Catalyzing Investments for Resilient Smallholder Agriculture
This event is an opportunity to interact with IFAD experts and Barbara Buchner, Global Managing Director of the Climate Policy Initiative. They will present the latest data on climate finance targeted for the agriculture sector, discuss the significant financial gap for climate-smart agriculture, and share some innovative models developed to address existing barriers to channel climate finance to small-scale farmers and agri-SMEs.
