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The largest individual commitments come from Bayer (USD 160 million) and PepsiCo (USD 100 million), with significant regional focus on Africa, Asia, and Latin America.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000932#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"As of May 24, 2022, the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge includes commitments from 43 companies totaling USD 458,438,958 across 48 countries and regions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000932#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The largest single company commitment is from Bayer at USD 160 million, followed by PepsiCo at USD 100 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000932#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Several companies have committed funds across broad geographic regions, specifically Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including Bayer, PepsiCo, and Unilever.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000932#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rabobank has the most extensive list of individual country targets, pledging USD 96,749,863 across 26 different nations, including Bolivia, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, and Zimbabwe.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000932#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["food security","Sustainable Development Goals","Private sector engagement"],"geography_discussed":["Tanzania","Philippines","Kenya","Thailand","Ethiopia","Nigeria","Cameroon","Uganda","Ghana","Indonesia","Myanmar","Cambodia","India","Bangladesh","Malawi","Brazil","Morocco","Ivory Coast","Burkina Faso","Guinea","Haiti","Madagascar","Sudan","South Africa","Bolivia","Colombia","Ecuador","Guatemala","Mexico","Mozambique","Nicaragua","Paraguay","Peru","Rwanda","Senegal","Sri Lanka","Zambia","Zimbabwe","Chad","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Honduras","Papua New Guinea","Togo"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["data summary"]},{"id":"gclifun-005701","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-005701","title":"Consideration of funding proposals - Addendum VI Funding proposal package for FP174","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2021-09-14","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-b30-02-add06.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The programme targets seven catchments across Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and the Dominican Republic to combat droughts and extreme rainfall. It employs a blended finance model consisting of a US$28 million grant facility for vulnerable communities, a US$102.8 million lending facility for EbA investments, and a US$30 million guarantee facility to de-risk lending for partner financial institutions. Key activities include reforestation, agroforestry, the installation of rainwater harvesting systems, and the establishment of a regional knowledge hub to mainstream EbA into national policies. 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