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 ...

Thirty years ago, Richard Nixon’s secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Earl Butz, relayed a message to farmers that transformed American agriculture: “Get big or get out.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

New grants aim to safeguard Uganda’s food security amid climate crisis. The Uganda government has launched 24 competitive research grants worth around Shs100 billion ($350 million), aimed at ...

A recent audit by the Auditor General paints a grim picture of the Sh29 billion Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSA). The project was launched in 2017 and aimed to boost agricultural ...

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 ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming—where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has introduced a pilot climate modelling system designed to improve early warning capabilities ...

The California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) today announced the relaunch of its U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant, now a part of the Advancing ...