#theme:cc_mitigati

For a long time, agriculture has been neglected by climate negotiators and policy makers in charge of defining national climate policies.It is therefore important that developing countries take advantage of the opportunity provided by fast-start climate finance to pilot, demonstrate and scale up sustainable mitigation and adaptation activities in the agricultural sector. This paper presents the ways in which climate finance can be used to catalyse the transition to a more resilient agricultural sector that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases carbon sequestration. However, it notes that finds are limited and that it is therefore essential to leverage other public and, even more importantly, private funds wherever possible.