{"id":38078,"date":"2026-07-07T10:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/?post_type=actualite&#038;p=38078"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:43:38","slug":"farm-a-la-rencontre-de-antonia-lambert-alcantara-le-financement-prive-dans-les-transitions-agricoles-des-filieres-tropicales","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/actualite\/farm-a-la-rencontre-de-antonia-lambert-alcantara-le-financement-prive-dans-les-transitions-agricoles-des-filieres-tropicales\/","title":{"rendered":"FARM meets with Antonia LAMBERT-ALCANTARA: private financing in the agricultural transitions of tropical sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FARM meets...\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL5FOb_jF0SdXGHVagxzZ0oHuBEX_0Tuff\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL5FOb_jF0SdXGHVagxzZ0oHuBEX_0Tuff&amp;si=7P_voqmE6k0U6RyP\" style=\"border-radius:10px;text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Watch all 3 episodes (playlist)<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>In this new three-part series from FARM, we meet\u2026 Antonia LAMBERT-ALCANTARA, consultant, agronomist and PhD in agricultural economics, who shares her expertise on a key issue for agricultural transitions in tropical sectors: private financing.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1336\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/banniere-actualite-wordpress-3-1336x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/banniere-actualite-wordpress-3-1336x200-1.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/banniere-actualite-wordpress-3-1336x200-1-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/banniere-actualite-wordpress-3-1336x200-1-768x172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/banniere-actualite-wordpress-3-1336x200-1-18x4.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As tropical agricultural sectors adapt to climate change and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), financial needs far exceed public capacity. Understanding the origin, rationale, and role of private financing is becoming essential to supporting these transformations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-838618887791f71cf9c6119beccf1981\"><strong>The 4 key points for understanding private financing in tropical agricultural transitions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Faced with the impacts of climate change and new sustainability requirements, tropical sectors must invest to adapt their practices.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Climate variability, disease, and soil degradation are weakening crops like cocoa and coffee. At the same time, buyers must now prove that their supplies meet environmental and social criteria. For producers, this means financing significant changes to their production systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Private financing becomes essential because it brings together all the capital that does not come from the state or public banks.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes funding provided by commercial banks, investment funds, insurers, foundations, exporting companies, microfinance institutions and NGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These actors are mobilizing their resources to support more sustainable agricultural projects, encouraged by regulations, climate risk management, societal expectations and securing supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In other words:<\/strong> Private financing is the set of financial means that complement, and sometimes replace, public financing to enable producers to invest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>This funding allows producers and cooperatives to adapt.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>They are used to modernize practices, improve quality, invest in equipment, strengthen organizational capacities, or develop local processing. Private financing covers very different needs: from seasonal loans to get through a single season to long-term investments to structure an entire sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>Obstacles still hinder producers&#039; access to this financing, but solutions exist.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of reliable data, uncertainty about market opportunities, land insecurity, and overly short-term financial tools limit the impact. To address these challenges, it is necessary to better measure results, recognize best practices, combine public and private financing to reduce risk, share guarantees, and stabilize the rules of sustainable finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The FARM Foundation warmly thanks Antonia LAMBERT-ALCANTARA for the clarity and depth of her analysis, as well as all those who follow and support our work.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64b26803 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fondation-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-linkedin-siteinternet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33653\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fondation-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Follow us on LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity wp-container-content-16d1eb73\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56a869c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fondationfarm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-facebook-siteinternet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33656\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fondationfarm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">And Facebook!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this new three-part series from FARM, we meet\u2026 Antonia LAMBERT-ALCANTARA, consultant, agronomist and PhD in agricultural economics, who shares her expertise on a key issue for agricultural transitions in tropical sectors: private financing.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":38088,"parent":0,"template":"","categorie":[147],"class_list":["post-38078","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-portraits"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/38078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualite"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/38078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38579,"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/38078\/revisions\/38579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondation-farm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie?post=38078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}