{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"climate_tags":["small-scale agriculture"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'small-scale agriculture' for facet 'climate_tags' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":1,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?climate_tags=small-scale+agriculture","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"clipolin-000227","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/clipolin-000227","title":"Climate Finance for Small-Scale Agriculture","publisher":{"name":"Climate Policy Initiative","organization":"climate-policy-initiative"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-11-12","source_url":"https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/climate-finance-small-scale-agriculture/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This report by the Climate Policy Initiative, supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), proposes a framework for measuring climate finance flows to small-scale agriculture in developing countries and provides a snapshot of international financial commitments for 2017 and 2018.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000227#summary","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Small-scale farmers, defined as those operating on less than 5 hectares of land, make up approximately 95% of global farms and 20% of global farmland. In Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, these farmers are estimated to produce up to 80% of food, and the agricultural sector in these regions provides over 40% of all jobs and contributes around 15% of the GDP.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000227#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"There is a significant gap between the financial needs of small-scale agriculture and the actual climate finance provided. Global annual financial needs for small-scale farmers' agricultural and household-related requirements are estimated at USD 240 billion, with agri-enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa alone requiring USD 132 billion per year. However, total climate finance for agriculture, forestry, and land use was only USD 20 billion per year in 2017/2018, representing 3% of total tracked global climate finance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000227#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Climate finance specifically targeting small-scale agriculture reached approximately USD 10 billion per year in 2017/2018, which is 1.7% of total tracked climate finance. This total includes USD 8.1 billion directly targeting small-scale farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, and value chain actors, plus USD 1.72 billion benefiting them through water management, sustainable rural transport, and renewable energy generation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000227#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Climate finance for small-scale agriculture is overwhelmingly public and grant-based. 95% of the funding comes from the public sector, with governmental donors contributing 39%, multilateral development finance institutions 32%, and bilateral development financial institutions 16%. Grants are the most common instrument (50%), followed by concessional debt (33%) and non-concessional debt (16%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000227#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The allocation of small-scale agriculture climate finance is focused on adaptation and infrastructure. 49% of funds went to climate adaptation projects, while 21% targeted mitigation only and 29% targeted both. The largest share of activity-based funding (36%) was for low GHG emission and climate resilient infrastructure, followed by farm-level production improvements (14%) and general rural community livelihood improvements (14%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000227#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Geographically, the largest recipients of climate finance for small-scale agriculture were Sub-Saharan Africa (36%), East Asia and Pacific (20%), and South Asia (16%). Additionally, USD 1.2 billion (12% of the total) was committed to transregional programs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clipolin-000227#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-08-17"}],"climate_tags":["climate finance","small-scale agriculture","adaptation","mitigation","developing countries"],"geography_discussed":["Asia","sub-Saharan Africa","East Asia and Pacific","South Asia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["Financial Analysis","Policy Framework"]}]}