How do you turn a whole Indian region to zero budget natural farming using Climate Bonds?
Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture. Where I interview key players in the field of regenerative agriculture, people who are scaling up the sector by bringing in new money or scaling up the practises on the ground.
This time I interviewed Satya Tropathi, Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the UN Environment Programme and chair of the board of the Sustainable India Finance Facility, a partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme, World Agroforestry Centre and BNP Paribas.
We discussed the bold and very ambitious project he is working on to raise institutional impact capital to transition a whole Indian region to zero budget natural farming. If they succeed this will have an enormous impact on the local communities, ecosystems and beyond.
Many people in the regenerative impact space will be watching the response of institutional investors to such a bond product and what the impact and impact measurements will be, I will be checking in with this project regularly and see how it goes!
The Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility
http://tlffindonesia.org
https://www.unenvironment.org
http://www.worldagroforestry.org
http://www.apac.bnpparibas
http://climatebonds.net
Zero Budget Natural Farming:
https://tv.viacampesina.org/Do-Nothing-a-film-on-Zero-Budget
Press release of the project:
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/andhra-pradesh-become-indias-first-zero-budget-natural-farming-state
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The above references an opinion and is for information and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be investment advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for investment advice.
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