Green Finance & Sustainable Agriculture in the Dry Forest Ecoregion of Ecuador and Peru

Project Objective: Support the conservation of biodiversity in prioritized territories of the Dry Forests in Ecuador and Peru, by financing sustainable agricultural practices (which includes climate smart agriculture), building capacities and transferring technology to small and medium farmers, through the issuance of one or more green bonds in Peru and Ecuador that will benefit from guarantees provided by GEF and CAF and thereby improve the terms of financing of the credit providers, and their on-lending terms for the small holder farmers in that region.