Feeding the world in a changing climate

New analysis reveals that US$443 billion a year in climate finance is needed to help small-scale family farmers adapt to climate change impacts.

This is less than the US$470 billion a year that the UN estimates are spent on agriculture subsidies that are harmful to people and the planet and is equivalent to an annual average investment of US$953 for a one hectare farm.

Smallholder farms produce half of the world’s food calories and support 2.5 billion livelihoods across the globe. With adaptation high on the COP30 agenda, and current finance flows to smallholders amounting to just 0.36% of what is needed, FFCA is calling for a major boost in adaptation finance and the establishment of a ‘Farmers Fund’ to ensure money gets to where it will have the most impact.