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Agriculture outweighs agtech VC
4% of global GDP is roughly accounted for by agriculture, above the 1.3% share of global early-stage venture-capital funding attracted by agtech companies in 2024. -
Agtech attracts little VC
1.3% of global early-stage venture-capital funding was attracted by agricultural technology companies in 2024. -
Yield research funding rises
US$9 billion went to new research into boosting farm yields, up from US$2.5 billion in 2016.
Family agriculture
A beneficiary's view of the FAMILY FARMING policy by components, countries, funding sources, beneficiaries, instruments, economic sectors and good practices.
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Events
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Agriculture outweighs agtech VC
4% of global GDP is roughly accounted for by agriculture, above the 1.3% share of global early-stage venture-capital funding attracted by agtech companies in 2024.
Agtech attracts little VC
1.3% of global early-stage venture-capital funding was attracted by agricultural technology companies in 2024.
Yield research funding rises
US$9 billion went to new research into boosting farm yields, up from US$2.5 billion in 2016.
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Investments and Public Expenditure
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Smart agriculture for sustainable development in Guyana: Precision agriculture, AI and IoT
This project integrates precision agriculture, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things technologies with climate-smart agricultural practices and bioeconomy models to improve productivity, resilience, and food security for smallholder farmers in Guyana. Through three components (precision technology adoption, technical and institutional capacity building, and integration of bioeconomy practices and value chain strengthening), the project directly benefits 25,000 farmers, indigenous communities, and Afro-descendants in regions 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 of the country.
USAID Caribbean Agricultural Productivity Improvement Activity (CAPA)
Initiative aimed at improving food security and promoting sustainable farming practices through increased fruit and vegetable productivity of smallholder farmers. It articulates interventions in productive technical assistance, strengthening commercial linkages with buyers and agro-input suppliers, modernization of rural extension systems, and climate data management for decision-making. Its objective is to increase market-led agricultural production, improve smallholder connectivity with regional value chains, and strengthen climate resilience of the Caribbean agri-food sector.
Hinterland Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Development Project
Project aimed at strengthening the livelihood resilience of rural and indigenous communities through income generation, access to productive assets, improved nutrition, and adaptation to climate variability. It links investments in productive infrastructure, sustainable natural resource management, renewable energy, and digital connectivity with the strengthening of agricultural, fisheries, and forestry value chains. Its objective is to consolidate sustainable and inclusive rural economies that reduce the socioeconomic and climate vulnerability of beneficiary populations.
Policy frameworks
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Working Families Tax Cuts: tax support for family farms
Official statement from the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means on the Working Families Tax Cuts. The source states that the law made permanent and enhanced the estate tax exemption, raising it to USD 30 million for married couples, with the aim of protecting family farms and facilitating the transfer of land, equipment, and farm operations to the next generation. It also mentions small business deductions, lower borrowing costs, rural opportunity zones, and immediate expensing for machinery and equipment.
Colombia: Resolution 331 of 2024 - Adopting the Agroecology Public Policy and issuing other provisions
Issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, adopts Colombia's Agroecology Public Policy, establishing the principles, approaches, objectives, and guidelines to direct State action toward the country's agroecological transition nationwide. The policy is structured around four main guidelines: agroecological knowledge management, agroecological production and transition, agroecology-based distribution and trade, and agrobiodiversity conservation in the face of the climate crisis. The resolution also establishes the National Agroecology Roundtable (MNA) as a participatory governance body for policy implementation and monitoring, with representation from peasant, indigenous, Afro-descendant communities, and social organizations.
Colombia: Law 2294 of 2023 - National Development Plan 2022–2026
This law enacts Colombia's National Development Plan 2022–2026 in which agricultural and food-related content constitutes one of its core structural axes. The right to food is operationalized through the National System for the Progressive Guarantee of the Right to Food, the "Zero Hunger" cash transfer, and its linkage to public procurement from smallholder and family farming systems. Agrarian reform is channeled through the National Agrarian Reform and Rural Development System—with subsystems covering land access, agricultural credit, technical assistance, and commercialization—alongside the creation of Campesino Agri-food Territories and campesino forestry concessions. On the financial side, the PND restructures the Agricultural Guarantee Fund, the National Agricultural Credit Commission, and FINAGRO's investment mechanisms. Additionally, it establishes nutritional recovery zones, finances land and irrigation infrastructure through FONAT, and introduces payments for environmental services for rural producers.
Good practices
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Strategy for Technological Innovation to Improve the Productivity and Competitiveness of Supply Chains in Central America and the Dominican Republic
PRESICA developed a regional agricultural innovation model based on Local Innovation Consortia, which bring together producers, research institutes, universities, NGOs, and the private sector around value chains for corn, beans, cassava, and sweet peppers. The strategy was grounded in producers’ technological needs to drive research, technology validation, technology transfer, and extension services with a territorial focus. The project operated in eight Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, forming 22 local consortia. It contributed to strengthening national and regional agricultural innovation systems as a public good.
Integrating sorghum cultivation into agricultural systems in the Central American Dry Corridor
The project establishes a regional partnership for the sustainable intensification of the Dry Corridor through the integration of climate-resilient sorghum and forage crop genotypes. Through soil characterization and a digital recommendation platform, the project aims to increase productivity and water availability in vulnerable agricultural systems. The initiative, funded by the Government of New Zealand (GRA), will transfer technical knowledge and precision technology to producers, advisors, and students in the region.
Chocolate Island — Cocoa, Carbon and Community
The project drives Trinidad and Tobago's cacao and chocolate industry toward a post-pandemic, ESG-aligned productive model through an innovative approach that integrates the cacao value chain with carbon capture mechanisms and community development, packaged together in an impact investment offer called "Cacao, Carbon and Community." The initiative seeks to attract impact investors by delivering simultaneous returns across three dimensions: financial, through the commercialization of fine cacao and single-origin chocolate; environmental, by valorizing ecosystem services and carbon credits generated by cacao agroforestry systems; and social, by strengthening local farming communities and improving their livelihoods. In doing so, the project positions Trinidad and Tobago as a destination for sustainable investment in the Caribbean agrifood sector, leveraging the country's historic reputation in fine flavor cacao production to build a differentiated and regionally replicable value proposition.
Dialogue rooms
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