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This briefing by the Climate Bonds Initiative and SITAWI examines the potential for green bonds to finance sustainable agriculture in Brazil. While Brazil is a global agricultural powerhouse with significant climate goals, green bond issuance in the sector has been largely limited to forestry and paper. The document identifies barriers to sustainable financing—particularly for small-scale producers—and suggests that aggregating small loans through securitization (such as green CRAs) and leveraging international capital markets could scale up investment in low-carbon agricultural technologies and practices.