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Experts call for $30bn a year to finance Nigerian smallholder farmers

Experts at a Nigeria workshop called for up to $30 billion in annual climate investment to support smallholder farmers. The article says Nigeria has attracted about $2.5 billion in climate funding so far, while YAPU Solutions proposed a pilot of up to $200 million.

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What happened

Key facts

  • Experts called for up to $30 billion in annual climate investment to protect smallholder farmers (per legit.ng, thenationonlineng.net).
  • Experts said Nigeria had attracted about $2.5 billion in climate funding so far, below the amount smallholder farmers need (per legit.ng).
  • PICTT Chairman Dr Dahiru Muhammed said the Federal Ministry of Finance and the United Nations Development Programme were working on the national taxonomy (per legit.ng).

The brief

Experts at a workshop in Nigeria called for up to $30 billion in annual climate investment to protect smallholder farmers from the effects of climate change. Legit.ng reported that Nigeria is working on an operational framework intended to let smallholder farmers access climate finance.

The workshop was held by Nigeria's Presidential Implementation Committee on Technology Transfer (PICTT). The funding gap featured prominently in the account. Experts said Nigeria had attracted about $2.5 billion in climate funding so far, an amount they described as far below what smallholder farmers need.

The article does not give a breakdown of the funding figure or the proposed annual investment by farmer, project or funding source. PICTT Chairman Dr Dahiru Muhammed said the Federal Ministry of Finance and the United Nations Development Programme were already working on a national taxonomy.

He said PICTT and its partners were focused on making that framework functional at community level. The account links this work to the effort to make climate finance accessible to rural farmers. YAPU Solutions proposed a pilot project worth up to $200 million. The company also outlined plans to scale financing to $1 billion in a first expansion phase.

The article does not describe the pilot's implementation arrangements or state when it might begin. The proposed pilot and expansion sit alongside the experts' call for as much as $30 billion in annual investment.

These are distinct figures: the article presents the $200 million as a proposed pilot and $1 billion as a planned first expansion phase, while the $30 billion figure is the annual investment experts urged for smallholder farmers.

The report places the workshop's work at two levels: the Federal Ministry of Finance and UNDP were developing the national taxonomy, while PICTT and its partners were working to make it usable at community level. It does not identify a timetable for completing that work.

Businessday NG's headline also describes the effort as a push for a $30 billion climate-finance opportunity targeting smallholder farmers.

Why it matters

  • Smallholder farmers are the intended recipients of climate finance, while experts said the roughly $2.5 billion Nigeria had attracted so far fell short of their needs.
  • The proposed YAPU Solutions pilot is capped at $200 million, with a stated plan to scale financing to $1 billion in a first expansion phase.
  • The Federal Ministry of Finance and UNDP are working on the national taxonomy; PICTT and its partners are focused on making it functional at community level.

What to watch next

  • Whether the Federal Ministry of Finance and UNDP continue work on the national taxonomy.
  • Whether PICTT and its partners make the taxonomy functional at community level.
  • Whether YAPU Solutions advances its proposed pilot of up to $200 million and its planned $1 billion first expansion phase.

How it's being covered

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Outlet political mix: Mostly Center· 1 Left · 2 Center · 2 unrated
Where the outlets are based: Africa 60% · US/Canada 20% · Other 20%
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Timeline

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  1. Nigeria’s climate plans operate within the Paris Agreement, adopted on December 12, 2015.
    Background · from our historical context
  2. Nigeria ratified the Paris Agreement.
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  3. The Climate Change Act, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 18, 2021, created the National Council on Climate Change and required the government to develop carbon budgets and a national climate action plan.
    Background · from our historical context

How we got here

Nigeria’s revised 2021 Nationally Determined Contribution estimated that implementing its climate commitments through 2030 would require about $177 billion, establishing a large financing need against which later calls for agricultural investment have been framed.

The same submission identified climate risks to agriculture, an important source of livelihoods in Nigeria, and set out adaptation measures alongside emissions targets.

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