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From agribusiness support to carbon-finance readiness: Agribusiness Facility for Africa (ABF)

author(s)

Costa Junior, Ciniro

regions
  • Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Dominican Republic
  • Kenya
  • Uganda
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Costa Junior, C.; Dittmer, K.M.; Umutoni, J.; Derenoncourt, M.E.; Lefor, L.; Mueller, J.; Striegel, S. (2026) From agribusiness support to carbon-finance readiness: Agribusiness Facility for Africa (ABF). 2 p.

ABF works with agribusinesses as they strengthen and scale their business models. By offering technical assistance, capacity building, market linkages and investment readiness, ABF contributes towards their sustainable growth beyond the project funding. With the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and CGIAR Hub for Sustainable Finance (ImpactSF), ABF is now integrating carbon-finance readiness into this support by assessing climate mitigation potential and carbon-market opportunities.

The ABF–Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT collaboration uses a practical ImpactSF (CGIAR) Carbon Project Tool to move from initial mitigation screening to cost–benefit analysis. The objective is to identify where climate performance and carbon finance can strengthen viable agribusiness models, and where additional evidence or MRV is still needed.