Funded by GIZ @giz_gmbh, ImpactSF connects @CGIAR's science with sustainable finance to derisk investments from climate change impacts.

Joined May 2023
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🇷🇼Rwanda's Clim-ARM Investment Blueprints are here! These blueprints represent a roadmap for investments that enhance resilience for smallholder farmers integrating weather & climate analytics into agricultural risk management 🔗alliancebioversityciat.org/s… 📖cgspace.cgiar.org/items/152f…

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14 Nov 2024
At #COP16 ImpactSF's @w_francesconi participated in dynamic discussions on compensating farmers for conserving biodiversity 💰🌱🌎🌿 👀Watch this great recap video 👇
📢 Over 2 weeks, Alliance researchers joined #COP16Colombia on #biodiversity 🤝 sharing innovation on regenerative agriculture 🌱 restoration 🌳 digital sequence information, agroecology for nutrition 🍛 gender equality, and more! 👇Highlights here! youtube.com/watch?v=l691Zwmq…
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13 Nov 2024
📢 Don’t miss it! At #COP29, we’re sharing solutions to bridge the financing gap for small agri-businesses and build climate-resilient food systems. 🌾 📅 Nov 14, 09:00-10:30 AZT 📺youtu.be/vprnoSbynrM #ClimateResilience #GenderFinance @worldfarmersorg
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11 Nov 2024
🌱 How can science unlock capital for resilient, equitable food systems? Join us at #COP29 #FoodPavilion on Nov 14 for insights on innovative financing in agriculture. 👉 More info: events.cgiar.org/leveragings… #OneCGIAR #COP29Azerbaijan #FinanceCOP @ImpactSFHub
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Proud of seeing what I once thought was a bit of a crazy idea, come to life 🤩 The FASA fund is a key initiative to tackle access to 💰💰in the agriculture sector. Excited about next steps with @USAID @UKaid, KOICA, @ImpactSFHub @CGIAR Learn more: devex.com/news/multibillion-…

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30 Oct 2024
💬Close #COP16 by exchanging ideas, building connections & advancing practical solutions for #BiodiversityConservation!🌿 💡Share insights 🔒Discuss mechanisms to safeguard resources 🤝Collaborate on challenges & solutions #BiodiversityCredits #SustainableFinance #ImpactInvesting
29 Oct 2024
On Oct 31, join us at #COP16Colombia #FoodPavilion to discuss biodiversity conservation compensation. Learn about the financial instruments, metrics & mechanisms discussed over the past two weeks with @w_francesconi & other speakers! on.cgiar.org/40koU33 @BiovIntCIAT_eng
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29 Oct 2024
🤝Partnerships bring power to the FASA Fund! @ietp_, ImpactSF & partners are building climate-resilient value chains to secure Africa’s future in agriculture & food security 🌱 Let’s make an impact together! ➡️fasafund.com #FASA #ResilientValueChains #ClimateSmart

🚀 Thrilled to see the launch of the “Financing for Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa (FASA) Fund” by the Norwegian Embassy & @USAID during the @WorldBank #WBGMeetings! @ImpactSFHub will leverage science to drive sustainable investments in Africa 🌍
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28 Oct 2024
🔬Science Finance = Impact Financing for Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa (FASA) Fund exemplifies how climate-smart investments & scientific insights can transform food systems & support smallholders🌾 🔗fasafund.com #ClimateSmart #SustainableFinance
28 Oct 2024
I&P is thrilled to join the launch of FASA, a multi-donor fund unlocking financing for agri-SMEs in Africa! 🌾I&P is the Fund Manager, and @ImpactSFHub the Climate and agri partner 🪙 Initiated by @USAID and @NorwayMFA, joined by KOICA and @FCDOGovUK ➡️fasafund.com/
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25 Oct 2024
🚀LAUNCHED: Financing Agricultural Small-and-Medium Enterprises in Africa Fund We're using science-backed innovations to catalyze sustainable growth, helping bridge the finance gap for agri-businesses across Africa🌍 🔗fasafund.com #AgricultureFinance #AgriBusinesses

25 Oct 2024
The FASA family just got bigger! Welcoming KOICA and @UKaid as partners, @ietp_ as fund manager and @CGIAR and @ImpactSFHub as partner. Together with @USAID and @FeedtheFuture we will decrease the risk of investing in food production in Africa. regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/mu…
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Happening Now!! @ImpactSFhub host discussions on Advancing Sustainable Finance for Agrifood Systems at the #AllianceScienceWeek in Nairobi, #Kenya
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17 Jan 2024
NEW | The inaugural SenAgriHack innovation hackathon 👩🏽‍💻 sparks ideas to solve post-harvest losses in #Senegal 🇸🇳 Meet the young Senegalese entrepreneurs coming up with solutions to a $167m problem 🌾 aiccra.cgiar.org/news/innova… #FoodSecurity #Africa #ReadyToScale
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23 Feb 2024
Congrats to @w_francesconi & co-authors for their work combining #remotesensing & environ. DNA (eDNA) to monitor sustainable agric. impact - a solution being developed by CAL-PSE program supported by @USAID in #Brazil, 🌱📊 #biodiversity Read full paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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20 Feb 2024
This Thursday 14:00 GMT / 09:00 EST Join the latest edition of the @WorldBank's 'What's Cooking?' series on digital agriculture 🌾 hosted in partnership with AICCRA Speakers will share insights in how to progress from simply generating climate information 🛰️ to enabling smallholder farmers in #Africa to actively use that information in their day-to-day decision-making, supporting their resilience to #climatechange twitter.com/CGIARAfrica/stat…
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20 Feb 2024
#Senegal's @CcasaSenegal is developing a Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan to achieve its food security goals against climate change with support @BiovIntCIAT_eng through @CGIARAfrica @maersaSN Read more: agropasteur.com/elaboration-… #climatesmartagriculture #foodsecurity
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20 Feb 2024
We're working with @GreenFundRw to provide science-based adaptation solutions & technical assistance to agri-SMEs. We invite qualified orgs. to apply to the RFP to provide coaching to agri-SMEs Find out more at greenfund.rw/opportunity @IremeInvest #SustainableFinance #Rwanda
The #RwandaGreenFund is seeking qualified Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESO) to provide consulting services to businesses in the Waste and Circular Economy and Climate Smart Agriculture cohorts to be selected for Grant funding. Find out more on greenfund.rw/opportunity
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The #RwandaGreenFund is seeking qualified Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESO) to provide consulting services to businesses in the Waste and Circular Economy and Climate Smart Agriculture cohorts to be selected for Grant funding. Find out more on greenfund.rw/opportunity
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𝑫𝑼 𝑵𝑶𝑼𝑽𝑬𝑨𝑼| Le #Sénégal🇸🇳 a accueilli récemment le SenAgriHack, un concours d'innovation réunissant plus de 250 participants pour trouver des solutions aux 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐞́𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞 🌾représentant jusqu'à 40% du PIB. En savoir shorturl.at/jqTW4
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11 Feb 2024
🌍Happy #WomenInScience Day! 🚀 Gender Impact is embedded in our design of financial instruments to advance #GenderEquality in agri-food sector. 🌱 Empowering women thru technical assistance and capacity development. #SustainableFinance 💪 Read more: lnkd.in/dU-5v68Y
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African leaders at the forefront of @CGIAR initiatives in continent! In a historic forum, CGIAR Directors General recently met with @AfDB_Group President @akin_adesina, who noted that CGIAR's contributions were "pivotal in enabling regions around the world to feed themselves."
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January 26, we organized a workshop with @APRACA_Thailand to introduce the ImpactSF Analyzer, an AI-powered tool to help Financial Institutions de-risk agricultural loans and to report on #environmental & #social impacts #SustainableFinance @LBP_Official linkedin.com/company/cgiar-h…
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Climate change affects banks’ risk management strategies, especially in the food and agriculture sectors. @ImpactSFHub has created the ImpactSF analyzer to catalyze new investments targeting the agrifood sector, leveraging CGIAR science, data and innovations #SustainableFinance
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According to @impactSFHub’s @GGrojean, tailored and data-driven innovative solutions are key to fighting climate change by facilitating access to finance for SMEs & small-scale farmers in the developing world #SustainableFinance Read more: alliancebioversityciat.org/s…

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