FAO Transforma 2025: “Unlocking Finance for Agrifood Systems Transformation”.
Hybrid Event, 06/11/2025
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Live broadcast
Background
Agri-food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean are essential to the regional economy, rural employment, and food security. However, they face persistent challenges: rising food prices, extreme weather events, environmental degradation, inequalities, and gaps in access to finance and innovation.
Closing the gap between supply and demand for resources depends not only on having more financing, but also on connecting it better. According to the Seville Commitment, signed within the framework of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (UN, 2025), the world needs $4 trillion annually to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and in Latin America and the Caribbean, the financing gap for agrifood systems exceeds $160 billion per year (Climate Policy Initiative, 2025).
In this context, FAO Transforma presents its 2025 edition: "Unlocking Finance for Agrifood Systems Transformation." This initiative seeks to promote innovative financial solutions that accelerate the transformation of agrifood systems in the region.
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A dynamic and collaborative workspace that
- Connects knowledge, experiences, and opportunities between governments, the private sector, multilateral banks, climate funds, philanthropy and impact investment.
- Identifies gaps between the supply and demand for financing, promoting a more coordinated, timely, and effective mobilization of resources.
- Builds bridges between actors, data, and innovative instruments, positioning FAO as a strategic partner to articulate and mobilize financing.
The first meeting will be held on Thursday, 6 November 2025, at 12:00 p.m. (UTC-3) and will present four selected initiatives that, through innovative financial mechanisms, show how programs and projects can articulate tools and align a common vision with financial partners to scale up results.
Innovative financing and sustainable investments for the transformation of agrifood systems and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean.
Biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban and peri-urban areas of Chile (Nature-Based Solutions).
From vision to reality: the transformative impact of the AgriFood Systems Transformation Accelerator in Suriname
Ecosystem-based adaptation and climate change resilience in the Central American Dry Corridor and the arid zones of the Dominican Republic.
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Program FAO Transforma 2025: “Unlocking Finance for Agrifood Systems Transformation”.
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Contacts
Public Affais Officer
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Regional Expert in Resource Mobilization
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Resource Mobilization Analyst
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean