🌍💰 Climate Finance, Food Security and the Critical Role of Smallholder Farmers🌾👩🌾
Currently, only 1.7% of climate finance for developing countries reaches smallholder farmers. 📉 Increasing this to just 5% could lift millions out of extreme poverty, improve agricultural production, and boost child nutrition. 🌾🍎 Sustainable agriculture, essential for achieving most SDGs, depends on supporting smallholder farmers. 🌱
Ending hunger by 2030 is the second Sustainable Development Goal (#SDG2), yet we are severely off-track. 🚫 By 2030, over 600 million people are projected to suffer from hunger. 😔 Today, nearly one billion people face severe food insecurity, and over three billion cannot afford a nutritious diet. 🍽️ Vulnerable groups, especially children, are hardest hit, with 45 million children under five suffering from acute malnutrition last year. 👶💔
Smallholder farmers, managing 80% of sub-Saharan Africa's farmland, are crucial for food security. 🌾 Their local knowledge is key to adapting to climate change effectively. 🌦️ However, they often struggle to access quality inputs and agricultural extension services. 📉 Female farmers, who provide most farm labor, are particularly underserved. 🚺 Farm Africa’s Village-Based Advisor model in Kenya offers training, inputs, and aggregation services. 🌿📚
Recognizing the importance of smallholder farmers in tackling poverty and food insecurity is crucial, especially as the climate crisis accelerates. 🌍💚
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