Sustainable Agrifood Colombia Project: Climate Change Adaptation

Colombia Agroalimentaria Sostenible is an initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) focused on reducing the vulnerability of agricultural production to climate threats in order to minimize their impact on the competitiveness of Colombia's agricultural sector and to ensure an adequate and stable availability of quality food by strengthening climate risk management, while also reducing the effects of greenhouse gases and emissions from agricultural production (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), n.d.). The project seeks to shift the current paradigm of input-intensive agricultural production with limited technology adoption, aiming to reduce crop vulnerability to droughts, floods, and other climate stressors. The project is led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, implemented by the Bioversity – CIAT Alliance, and developed in collaboration with 13 partner institutions. It is financed through a combination of financial resources from CAF (Development Bank of Latin America), the Government of Colombia, agricultural research institutions (Bioversity – CIAT Alliance, CIMMYT, and CIPAV), Colombian agricultural producer associations, and both loan and concessional resources (grants) from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The total investment amounts to USD 99.9 million.