Hoja de ruta para la financiación climática de la ganadería en América Latina y el Caribe

This document provides the technical annexes for a roadmap on climate finance for livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean. It details the methodologies used to evaluate investment risks and attributes, investor preferences, and the correlation between the two to determine investor suitability. The annexes also include modeling for capital composition across different financial and political scenarios and a detailed segmentation of the regional livestock market by geography and farm size.

• The methodology for evaluating investment risks identifies six risk categories: governance, finance, physical climate risk, market, infrastructure, and nature. It also tracks three investment attributes: investment horizon, average operation size, and return.
• Investment attributes vary significantly by farm size: large farms typically have an investment horizon of 5-10 years, average operation sizes of USD 5-10 million, and target returns of 15-25%. Small farms have longer horizons of 10-15 years, smaller operation sizes of USD 0-1 million, and lower returns of 5-15%.
• The document segments the livestock market into seven distinct segments based on geography and farm size: small farms in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and the 'Rest of LAC', and large farms in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico. Small farms are defined as those between 2 and 10 hectares, while large farms are those with 10 hectares or more.
• Brazil is the region's leading beef producer, accounting for approximately half of the total regional production. Its livestock sector is characterized by high yields and strong international demand, though it faces challenges regarding land tenure and deforestation.
• In Argentina, land distribution is highly skewed; while over 80% of small farmers occupy only 11% of agricultural land, large farms (representing 0.3% of farmers) occupy more than 75% of the total agricultural land.
• In Mexico, over 75% of livestock farms are small-scale, but the average production of large-scale farms is 70 times higher than that of small farms.
• Climate finance flows for sustainable livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean are estimated to be extremely limited, averaging approximately USD 100 million per year between 2021 and 2022, though this is likely an underestimate due to data gaps in private sector flows.
• A comparison of data for Brazil revealed that private climate finance was 120 times higher and public finance 2.5 times higher in national-level analysis than in the Global Landscape of Climate Finance (GLCF) database, largely due to the country's rural credit policy.
• Under the Business-as-Usual (BAU) scenario, small-scale agrifood systems are primarily funded by public sources. For small farms in the 'Rest of LAC', the midpoint for public funding is 93% and private funding is 8%.
• The document models two improvement scenarios: Improved Financial Strategies (IFS) and Improved Financial and Political Strategies (IFPS). In the IFPS scenario, the share of private finance increases further due to financial and political incentives, with the midpoint for private funding for large farms in Brazil reaching 50%.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2025). Hoja de ruta para la financiación climática de la ganadería en América Latina y el Caribe. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Anexos_Hoja-de-ruta-para-la-financiacion-de-la-ganaderia-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Hoja de ruta para la financiación climática de la ganadería en América Latina y el Caribe. 2025. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Anexos_Hoja-de-ruta-para-la-financiacion-de-la-ganaderia-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2025hoja, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Hoja de ruta para la financiación climática de la ganadería en América Latina y el Caribe}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Anexos_Hoja-de-ruta-para-la-financiacion-de-la-ganaderia-en-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }