This policy brief presents a transformative framework for unlocking rural climate resilience, food security and inclusive economic growth through family farming. 

The framework is built around three pillars:

• Building focuses on developing investment-ready project pipelines that align with national priorities and investor expectations. 
• Blending employs concessional loans, guarantees and first-loss capital to de-risk agriculture and incentivize private sector investment. 
• Bundling pairs financing with technical assistance, improved market access and digital tools to enhance productivity, resilience and long-term sustainability. 

Public development banks serve as critical catalysts, aggregating demand, structuring blended finance and bridging the gap in rural finance.

This framework offers a timely opportunity to elevate family farming as a cornerstone of climate action and inclusive rural transformation. It provides actionable recommendations for governments, investors and development partners to scale climate-smart investments, and position family farmers as key agents of change in shaping a resilient and sustainable future.

The brief is jointly produced by Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming and IFAD.