JRT Investment Partnerships Case Studies Toolkit
Case Studies
JRT Investment Partnerships Case Studies Toolkit
How can private sector investments support a transition to sustainable, resilient agri-food systems?
Our Investment Partnerships Case Studies showcase a rich diversity of partnerships which demonstrate how agricultural production can be scaled to meet the demands of a growing global population – all whilst improving the livelihoods of farmers.
These partnerships show that with the right level of ambition, financing food systems in a way that reaches and benefits rural communities is possible. And in order to scale investment to the level required, sustainable food systems must be brought to the heart of the finance agenda.
Check out the Investment Partnerships Case Studies below:
The Moringa Fund: Private Equity for Agroforestry Solutions
Location
The Moringa Fund works across Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, while its partnership with Nica-France is focused in Nicaragua
Context
Moringa is an investment fund which targets agroforestry projects. It works with partners to develop sound and sustainable projects combining economic benefits with high environmental and social programs.
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Lionheart Agrotech: Sharing Value with Indigenous Communities
Location
Palawan, The Philippines
Context
Coconuts provide a livelihood for approximately one-third of the population of the Philippines. Over 3.4 million people work as coconut farmers, 50% of whom live on less than USD $2 a day.
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The Isda Strategy: Rewarding Fishers for Sustainable Practices
Location
The Philippines
Context
The Philippines is the 11th largest seafood producer in the world. Over the last three decades, fish catch has either declined or stagnated due to overexploitation, at the expense of artisinal fishers.
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C2SLP: Incentivizing Sustainable Production through Credit
Location
East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda)
Context
Throughout East Africa, there is a pressing need to implement climate-smart agriculture, combat land degradation, and build smallholder resilience against future climate disruption. For smallholders, who lack the equity to invest in these systems, accessing credit will be an essential part of building this resilience.
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EcoEnterprises Fund: Nurturing Nature-Based Businesses to Succeed
Location
The EcoEnterprise Fund works across Latin America, Europe and the US, while their partnership with Terrafertil has been focused in Colombia and Ecuador.
Context
EcoEnterprises Fund is a women-owned and led fund that identifies, nurtures, and finances businesses that conserve natural resource systems and biodiversity; mitigate climate risks; and create long-term sustainable income and economic development for workers, suppliers, and rural communities. The Fund particularly seeks investment opportunities in women-led businesses, and encourages its portfolio companies to strengthen the participation of women in the workforce, its leadership and across its supply chains.
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Golden Agri-Resources: Rejuvenating Farmer Incomes through Finance
Location
North and South Sumatra, Indonesia
Context
Around half the world’s palm oil is grown on plantations in Indonesia, where the cash crop supports the livelihoods of millions of people across the value chain. Smallholders manage over 40% of the 4.5 million hectares of the country’s palm oil estates, making them crucial to the business of Singapore-based Golden Agri-Resources, a palm oil plantation company which sources heavily from Indonesia.
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Aceli Africa: Incentivizing Lending to Underserved Agri-SMEs
Location
East Africa
Context
Agricultural Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (agri-SMEs) in East Africa are unable to access the finance they need to grow their businesses, despite accounting for 70% of the region’s workforce and holding a key role in supply chain resilience. Agriculture in Africa faces a sector-wide USD $180 billion annual financing gap, with a USD $65 billion gap existing just for agri-SMEs, which fall into a missing middle of capital markets, where loans between USD $25,000 – USD $500,000 are too large for microcredit providers, but have overheads too costly and risks too high to qualify for commercial bank loans.
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Bharti AXA: Protecting Producers through Private Crop Insurance
Location
India
Context
There are over 125 million smallholder farmers in India, part of an agricultural sector worth 18% of GDP. A long supply chain supporting many hundreds of millions more is reliant on their production being resilient. Most of these smallholders lack access to or choose not to take out insurance products for their crops. As climate change intensifies unpredictable weather, it will be increasingly important for these farmers to have access to suitable insurance cover.
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Land Degradation Neutrality Fund: De-risking Private Investment in Restoration
Location
Asia, Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean and the Pacific region
Context
60% of land worldwide is degraded, with one quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions resulting from intensive land use. Unsustainable agricultural practices are cited as one of the leading causes.
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BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund: Scaling Loans by Funding Local Institutions
Location
Over 50 emerging and frontier markets worldwide
Context
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) contribute to sustainable development by providing access to capital in underserved markets to micro, small and medium enterprises and low-and middle-income households. They can be run by government, development finance institutions, or private sector providers.
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IDH Farmfit: Supporting Businesses to Support Farmers
Location
Africa, Latin America, Asia
Context
Processors, input suppliers, financial service providers and agritech companies all engage with some of the 525 million smallholder farmers worldwide, who produce around 30% of the world’s food supply.
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NKG Bloom: Building Well-Financed, Resilient Coffee Supply Chains
Location
Uganda, Kenya, Mexico and Honduras
Context
80% of the world’s coffee supply is produced by 12.4 million smallholders worldwide, with over half living in poverty. A mix of problems, from diseases like ‘Coffee Rust’ to pest control to climate change, means that 60% of wild coffee species are at risk of extinction, with large-scale implications for smallholders and the USD $70 billion industry as a whole.
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