CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Unlocking finance for agroecology at scale

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Private investors seek a return that offsets the risk they run when investing, while also seeking the benefits of scale (low transaction costs per invested currency unit). Public finance, on the other hand, is less concerned with financial return and more with contributing to sustainable development.

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