Family farming in the Americas plays a key role in food security, the revitalization of rural economies, and poverty reduction. Its capacity to absorb family labor, generate employment, added value, and well-being in rural territories, among other contributions, makes it a strategic driver of sustainable development. Despite this vital role, it continues to face significant barriers in accessing adequate services, particularly financial services.

In this context, an increasing number of countries are investing in strategies aimed at strengthening access to financing for smallholders, family farmers, and rural MSMEs. New initiatives from the public and private sectors, as well as from international organizations, are opening opportunities through innovative approaches, tailored mechanisms, and inclusive solutions that recognize and enhance the capacities of producer organizations and their enterprises.

These transformations are setting a promising course toward greater financial inclusion for family farming in the region. This OPSAa dialogue session provides a space for collective reflection, knowledge-sharing, and highlighting good practices related to financial inclusion, based on the analysis of concrete cases.

Through open, evidence-based dialogues, the session will explore the factors that enable and constrain access to financing, with the aim of providing useful inputs for decision-making related to the design of new public policy instruments and effective initiatives in this area.

We invite you to participate actively, in the conviction that the exchange of knowledge and experiences is essential to building sound, profitable, and sustainable solutions for financing family farming in the Americas.