Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility

The Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility (SAFF) is a ten-year revolving credit facility in Brazil designed to overcome low adoption rates of integrated crop-livestock-forest (ICLF) systems. By providing bundled loans tailored to ICLF risk and cash flow profiles, alongside a unique certification system and technical assistance, SAFF aims to mobilize significant capital for sustainable land use. The pilot phase targets USD 68 million for 90,000 hectares in the Center-South region, with the potential to scale to USD 1.4 billion over ten years, contributing to Brazil's goal of implementing five million hectares of ICLF by 2030.

• Brazil aims to implement five million hectares of integrated crop-livestock-forest (ICLF) systems by 2030 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but adoption is hindered by a lack of information and credit lines that are not adapted for implementation.
• The Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility (SAFF) is the only credit vehicle in Brazil focusing on ICLF practices and the only fund with a certification system specifically for ICLF to monitor impact and provide credit scores. It utilizes a ten-year revolving credit model with five lines of credit covering forestry, livestock, equipment, soil recovery, and land management.
• The SAFF pilot targets 90,000 hectares in Brazil's Center-South with an expected mobilization of USD 68 million and a carbon storage potential of 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide. Projections suggest the instrument could reach USD 1.4 billion in ten years if it addresses 15% of the estimated 13 million hectares of ICLF potential in Brazil.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2020). Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/sustainable-agriculture-finance-facility/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility. 2020. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/sustainable-agriculture-finance-facility/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2020sustainable, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/sustainable-agriculture-finance-facility/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }