Transforming food systems to reduce carbon emissions and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals requires a significant increase in investment across the agricultural value chain. Large, coordinated flows of public and private capital are needed to address decades of underinvestment and meet current and future challenges.
Efforts are being made to create an enabling environment and incentives for private investment in agribusiness, with a focus on smallholders and small and medium enterprises. Governments are being advised on policy and regulatory measures to overcome market failures and foster an environment conducive to investment. This work aims to create new markets, enhance market efficiency, boost productivity, support sustainable output, and encourage job creation within agricultural value chains.
The World Bank Group is recognized as a global leader in mobilizing capital for development in agribusiness. The organization identifies growth areas for productive investments, emphasizing innovation and impact. Projects are designed to ensure that financing leads to sustainable productivity gains, benefits smallholders and small and medium enterprises, and generates jobs to combat poverty and hunger.
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