Agriculture and Food Systems

Climate-resilient agriculture and food systems are central to achieving global security and development goals, yet remain massively underfunded for a secure and sustainable transition.

CPI has over a decade of experience mobilizing investment in agrifood systems on both the supply (the Lab, CC Facility, and FiCS Lab) and demand (CLIC) sides of capital, along with a deep body of work around policy and investment effectiveness, stemming from 15 years of agrifood systems work in Brazil and a growing body of work in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Our work in financial innovation, technical assistance, and policy analysis addresses the climate finance gap in global agrifood systems, underpinned by our expertise in tracking global investment needs and flows to the sector.

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Landscape of Climate Finance for Agrifood Systems 2025

Harsha Vishnumolakala, Léa Faucheux and Jide Olutoke

Investing in sustainable agrifood systems is critical to achieving multiple sustainable developmental goals (SDGs). This report analyzes climate finance going to global agrifood systems in 2021/22, tracking flows across climate uses, financial sources, sectors, regions, and instruments.

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Landscape of Climate Finance for Land Use in Brazil

Joana Chiavari, Priscila Souza, Gabriela Coser and Renan Florias

CPI/PUC-Rio conducted an unprecedented tracking exercise to quantify the climate-aligned financial flows directed to land use in Brazil.

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Sustainable Finance Flows to India’s Agriculture Sector

Parag Puri, Suryanshu Hooda, Neha Khanna and Vivek Sen

This report introduces a comprehensive sustainable agriculture framework developed using a value-chain approach to analyze relevant sectors, activities, policies, and key initiatives. It provides a detailed examination of financial flows in the agriculture sector during FY1 2020–21 and FY 2021-22, o...

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Landscape of Technical Assistance to Agri-SMEs

Alexandre Kirchherr and Léa Faucheux

2 September 2026

ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC), Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs)

This report maps over 200 organizations providing technical assistance (TA) to agri-SMEs across sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, providing insights for funders, investors, and TA providers to improve ecosystem efficiency.

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Making nature investable through agrifood systems

Alexandre Kirchherr, Léa Faucheux and Nour Odeh

14 Agustus 2026

ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC), Nature

Agrifood systems are structurally dependent on nature while being among the largest drivers of ecosystem degradation. Scaling nature-positive finance is urgent, and requires fit-for-purpose metrics that help investors identify opportunities, assess risks, and allocate capital impactfully.

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Connecting Capital within African Agrifood Systems

Harsha Vishnumolakala and Alexandre Kirchherr

23 Juni 2026

ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC), Afrika

Drawing on CPI’s experience supporting both financial vehicles and agrifood enterprises, this report identifies high-impact, practical actions to help capital flow more effectively and strengthen Africa’s agrifood investment ecosystem.

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Transforming Brazilian Cattle Ranching: Enhancing Productivity and Mitigating Methane Emissions

Gabriela Zangiski and Mario Dotta

9 Juni 2026

Pertanian Berkelanjutan, Brazil

Researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio examine the strategic role of Brazilian cattle ranching in the context of climate change. The analysis identifies the main sources of methane emissions in the sector and presents a set of solutions that can enhance cattle productivity and emissions reductions.

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The Regenerative Agriculture Fund: A scalable blueprint for Agri-innovation in EMDEs

Karla D. Gonzalez Esquinca and Taarika Peres

15 April 2026

Finance in Common Innovation Lab, Pertanian Berkelanjutan

EMDE agriculture faces a double-bind: it’s a climate risk driver and its biggest victim. BDMG’s RA Fund breaks this cycle. Using a three-tiered approach to de-risk, empower, and align incentives, this model turns policy into reality. Download the report to explore the future of agri-innovation...

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Closing the Rural Credit Divide: Pathways to Increase PRONAF Access for Smallholders

Alan Leal, Juliano Assunção and Natalie Hoover

8 April 2026

Brazil, Pusat Kebijakan Brazil

In this publication, researchers from CPI/PUC-RIO identify the main barriers to credit and outline pathways to expand family farmers’ access to PRONAF in order to boost sustainable production and climate resilience.

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