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IDH* the Sustainable Trade Initiative - in coalition with Unilever, Jacobs DE, Mondelez and Rabobank - launched the world’s biggest ever impact fund for smallholder farmers finance. Starting with EUR 100 million, the IDH Farmfit Fund is expected to catalyze up to a billion EUR of commercial investments into smallholder farmers in developing countries. The IDH Farmfit Fund is facilitated by IDH and is backed by significant funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a guarantee from the US Agency for International Development.
“The lack of capital for smallholders to invest in sustainable practices leads to rural poverty and environmental damage. While climate change originates from emissions, the battle is on the ground. The catastrophes we have seen lately...
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