Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet and plays a critical role in global agriculture. It is the world’s leading net food-exporting region, and LAC food exports can help lower and stabilize international food prices at a time when the global food supply chain is facing massive challenges. Agriculture and forestry are critical sectors for the region, economically, socially, and environmentally.
Blended finance can play a key role in helping to catalyze financing toward LAC’s agriculture and forestry sectors. This brief analyzes how blended finance approaches have been deployed in LAC’s agriculture sector to date, with a focus on forestry. It also presents insights from interviews conducted with industry stakeholders.
