How investing in sustainable food and agriculture made a difference in 2020

Agriculture provides a livelihood for 2.5 billion people worldwide; many of them in developing countries. Over the next 35 years, agriculture will face an unprecedented confluence of pressures, including a 30% increase in the global population, intensifying competition for increasingly scarce land, water and energy resources, and the existential threat of climate change.

To be sustainable, food and agriculture chains must meet the needs of present and future generations for its products and services, while ensuring profitability, environmental health and social and economic equity. Therefore, Hivos-Triodos Fund looks to finance scalable business opportunities that contribute to this view. We see a case for small-scale farmers and sustainable agricultural methods in developing countries. Likewise, for scalable business models within the value chain to increase their efficiency from ‘farm to fork’: farming inputs and farming, sourcing and transport, processing, marketing and branding, retailing, and consumption.

The numbers reflect the aggregated impact made by the fund's trade financing loans.

35,000 small-scale farmers reached

Small-scale farmers reached

35,000 small-scale farmers in eight developing countries received immediate and fair payment upon delivery of their harvest through trade finance facilities provided by Hivos-Triodos Fund, thereby brining ten different agricultural products to international markets such as cocoa, coffee, rice and quinoa.

64,000 hectares of certified organic farmland

Certified organic farmland

The small-scale farmers who benefited from the trade finance, work on a total of 65,000 hectares of sustainably cultivated farmland, of which 64,000 hectares are certified as organic farmland.

40M tonnes of sustainably grown products exported

Sustainably grown products exported

The trade-finance facilities brought a range of agricultural products to international markets with a total of 40 million tonnes of agricultural products.

Product specification as % of total EUR disbursed and outstanding in 2020

Read the case study and interview for more about Hivos-Triodos Fund’s contribution to inclusive, sustainable food value chains.

Catalaysing green, inclusive growth in emerging economies

Why do we finance sustainable food and agriculture?

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Trade finance portfolio results

Small-scale farmers reached

Certified organic farmland

Sustainably grown products exported

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