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Mobilizing climate finance for livestock transformation in the Global South: Pathways for Investment Readiness
(AU-IBAR, 2025) Florez, Fernando; Burkart, Stefan; Costa Jr, Ciniro; Notenbaert, An; Cramer, Laura; Yigezu, Yigezu Atnafe; Dhehibi3, Boubaker; Doldt, Julia; Arango, Jacobo; Wamukoya, George; Awolala, David; Denje, Telvin; Mbole-Kariuki, Mary; Alliance Bioversity and CIAT - LiveSys Project
Livestock systems underpin the livelihoods of over one billion people across the Global South, yet the sector receives less than one per cent of global climate finance despite accounting for roughly a fifth of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. This brief examines how climate finance can drive the transformation of livestock systems towards higher productivity, greater resilience and lower emission intensity. Drawing on evidence from CGIAR and partners, it demonstrates that sustainable intensification — through improved forages, enhanced grazing management and low-emission feed and manure systems- can reduce emission intensity by up to half whilst raising yields and farm incomes. The brief maps the major climate finance mechanisms relevant to livestock, including the Green Climate Fund, the Global Environment Facility, blended finance instruments, green bonds, and voluntary carbon markets, and illustrates them through case studies from Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, Ecuador, and Brazil. It proposes a four-stage readiness pathway: from policy alignment and piloting to investment design and long-term scaling, anchored in credible MRV systems and bankable programme design. For African member states, the brief concludes that the convergence of governance, data and finance can reposition livestock from a perceived climate liability to a strategic driver of low-carbon, climate-resilient development.
Actions to Avert Feed-Related Disasters: An action agenda for building resilient, coordinated, and investment-ready feed and fodder systems in Africa
(AU-IBAR, 2026) AU-IBAR
Feed-related disasters are no longer occasional shocks. They are becoming a recurring feature of African livestock systems because feed and fodder sectors remain underdeveloped, weakly monitored, and poorly integrated into policy, investment, and emergency planning. RAFFS Project evidence shows that most countries still approach feed shortages through a drought-oriented paradigm, relying on late-stage indicators and humanitarian relief rather than building structured feed systems that can prevent crisis in the first place.
Africa’s Feed and Fodder Crisis in Numbers: A data snapshot of the scale, drivers, and implications of feed and fodder shortages across Africa
(AU-IBAR, 2026) AU-IBAR
Africa’s feed and fodder crisis is not a marginal livestock issue. It is a continent-wide structural constraint affecting livestock productivity, food and nutrition security, resilience, jobs, and rural incomes. Recent RAFFS evidence shows that the sector remains under-structured, weakly coordinated, and highly exposed to the combined shocks of climate change, COVID-19, and conflict
The "Triple C" Impact: From Reactive Relief to Strategic Feed Reserves
(AU-IBAR, 2026) AU-IBAR
Prioritising strong policy and financial investments in the feed and fodder sub-sector will fundamentally alter its trajectory. Through establishment of strategic reserves and data-driven governance, the sector will transition from a vulnerable, climate-dependent survival mechanism into a resilient, globally competitive agro-industry. This shift will safeguard billions in national GDP, create structured employment for youth, and permanently secure human food and nutrition targets
RAFFS Project at a glance: Building resilient, data-driven, and investment-ready feed and fodder systems in Africa
(AU-IBAR, 2026) AU-IBAR
RAFFS matters because it helps reposition feed and fodder from a neglected sub-sector into a strategic economic, policy, and resilience issue. The project is showing that feed and fodder shortages are not only about drought response; they are also about data, markets, financing, governance, and institutional coordination