Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Promoting Sustainable Land Management
This report aims to develop a set of general guidelines to aid the identification and development of potential IFMs for sustainable land management in agricultural lands in Sri Lanka. It also outlines the process followed by the International Union of Conservation of Nature to identify potential IFMs for the Rehabilitation of Degraded Agricultural Land project in Kandy Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Districts in the Central Highlands Project area.
Crop Receipts: A New Financial Instrument for Africa
This report (i) provides background and purpose for the proposed African Crop Receipts Initiative; (ii) analyses the international experiences with crop receipts (CRs); (iii) discusses generic entry points for CRs in Africa; (iv) present specific opportunities for CRs in Zambia and Uganda; and (v) presents the study’s main findings and offers recommendations.