33% of global biodiversity hotspots are located in grassland regions threatened by agricultural expansion (Kan et al., 2026).

Between 20% and 35% of the world's terrestrial carbon is stored in grasslands, ecosystems currently under increasing agricultural pressure (Kan et al., 2026).

6% of global land use change is attributed individually to countries such as Russia, India, China, and the United States (Kan et al., 2026).

This initiative is a Technical Cooperation (PE-T1615) aimed at repositioning Peru’s main public agricultural services to promote sustainable agricultural development. It will foster partnerships with the private sector and with regional and municipal authorities, and strengthen institutional coordination through public-private collaboration mechanisms and engagement with subnational governments, reinforcing cooperative models. The TC will finance consultancies and multi-stakeholder technical dialogue spaces organized into two components: technical support for repositioning agricultural services (including studies and designs of monitoring instruments, territorial approaches, and digital technologies for strategic resources such as seeds) and the development of institutional coordination mechanisms and capacity building (leadership, negotiation, and communication). It complements IDB operations in Peru’s agricultural sector, particularly PE-L1270 (innovation and extension services) and PE-L1280 (food safety), and seeks to strengthen MIDAGRI’s steering role alongside INIA and SENASA. The IDB will execute the TC, and monitoring will track planned vs. executed procurements and delivered outputs, with annual reporting through the TCM system.

Regional technical cooperation to strengthen the capacity of Latin American and Caribbean countries to implement strategies, policies, and effective techniques to comply with international deforestation-free trade rules, including the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). It aims to improve competent authorities’ ability to assess deforestation risks and to support public and private sector readiness for requirements on georeferencing, traceability, production legality, and due diligence. It finances practical tools (a risk benchmarking template, five national roadmaps, and a lessons-learned monograph) and regional and national dialogue spaces to foster public–private coordination. It prioritizes closing information and capacity gaps—especially for smallholders and MSMEs/intermediaries—to prevent exclusion from EU-oriented supply chains. It will be executed by the IDB over 24 months with OC-SDP Window 2 resources (Sustainability and Integration) totaling US$350,000 and includes coordination with FAO and IICA, and articulation with IDB Invest and IDB Lab where relevant.

In the Paraguayan Chaco, where deforestation has eliminated more than 22% of tree cover since 2000, Canopy Energy and Investancia are promoting a silvopastoral model that combines livestock farming with pongamia plantations to restore soils, reduce pressure on forests, and produce biofuel. Pongamia, a nitrogen-fixing tree, improves soil fertility, provides shade that increases livestock productivity, and generates vegetable oil suitable for refining into sustainable diesel. Starting on 10,000 hectares, the project contributes to carbon sequestration, creates local jobs, and offers a profitable alternative for producers facing increasing sustainability demands in global meat and leather supply chains. As it expands, this approach promises to transform degraded lands into resilient production systems that benefit both communities and the climate.

National framework that outlines Uruguay’s approach for issuing sovereign sustainability-linked bonds, aligning public financing costs with the achievement of climate and native forest conservation targets for 2025. The document defines key performance indicators (reduction of GHG emissions per unit of GDP and maintenance of 100% of native forest area), details verification mechanisms and annual reporting requirements, and sets out the country strategy to advance toward carbon neutrality and ecosystem protection under the Paris Agreement. It also integrates sectoral policies in energy, transport, agriculture, and land use, supported by an interministerial institutional framework.

Executive Directorate Resolution No. D00134-2021-MIDAGRI-SERFOR approves the National Strategy for the Restoration of Degraded Forest Ecosystems and Lands (ProREST) 2021–2030, a management instrument that guides State actions to restore degraded forest ecosystems in Peru. The document sets goals for 2030 —including reducing at least 15% of the national gap of degraded areas— and incorporates guidelines for public and private investment, governance, research, and capacity building. The regulation is grounded in Law No. 29763, its regulations, and the national restoration guidelines, and it aligns the efforts of the three levels of government to meet national and international commitments

Budget Program 0089 focuses its intervention on 7 departments in Peru (Áncash, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Huánuco, Huancavelica, Pasco, and Puno), characterized by high agricultural populations, low human development indicators, and high rates of soil degradation. The program outlines the public problem, target population, logical framework, products, activities, and technical processes for soil surveying, agro-ecological zoning, assessment of deterioration caused by erosion and salinization, and sustainable land management. It also describes mechanisms for training, technical assistance, and the generation of climatic and edaphic information, involving all three levels of government and institutions such as the Ministry of Agriculture, INIA, and SENAMHI.

The project seeks to improve the productivity and sustainability of rice cultivation in Colombia through an innovative technological solution that combines Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and cyber-physical systems. This technology, developed by PS Solutions (Softbank Group), transforms agriculture into a science based on data by collecting real-time information from the environment and crops to determine optimal levels of agricultural parameters. The project will benefit 16,000 Colombian rice farmers, especially small producers from areas affected by armed conflicts who face productivity problems due to lack of access to technologies and financial services. Additionally, e-kakashi contributes to solving environmental problems by optimizing water use and reducing methane emissions from rice paddies, which represent approximately 20% of global emissions of this gas. The project has two phases: demonstration of efficacy under real conditions in collaboration with CIAT and commercial expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean, combining non-reimbursable technical cooperation (up to US$500,000) with equity investment (up to US$1,500,000).

A Mexican government initiative that promotes productive reforestation, rural income generation, and social inclusion through direct support to farmers for planting fruit and timber trees, combining environmental sustainability and local development.

Institutional program of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) aimed at evaluating, highlighting, and strengthening the impact of its financing and technical cooperation operations in the agricultural sector of Latin America and the Caribbean. The initiative promotes a model of sustainable, inclusive, and regenerative agriculture, integrating climate resilience, technological innovation, efficient management of natural resources, and the inclusion of small producers in sustainable value chains.