Agribusiness impacts in a climate context Session 2: Collecting data, assessing climate & nature impact outcomes to attract climate finance with practical case studies from African MSMEs

Organizers: Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (CGIAR) and ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC)

Room: Mara BallRoom

[note: Participants are welcome to attend both sessions 1 (Day 1) & 2 (Day 2) for a more complete experience or  opt to attend  either session based  on their needs and availability.]

Description: Your agribusiness is creating positive climate and nature impact such as reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity improvement, but you are not sure how to articulate and evidence them to potential funders/investors? Are you an investor seeking to advance the measurement of the effect of your agri-focused investments to boost accountability while enabling adaptive learning management? This session will share climate and nature impact assessment methods developed by the ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC) team for agrifood MSMEs and practical case studies from Africa context, on key impact areas including post-harvest food loss reduction, agroforestry, improved use of fertilizers, reduced pesticide use, sustainable livestock, energy, transport and water management. Come and find out what key data agribusinesses should consider collecting as part of business processes and potential solutions to common data collection challenges faced by early-stage companies.

 Masterclass: Assessing the Commercial Viability of Business Models

Organizers: IDH

Room: Talek 1

For inclusive business models to thrive in agricultural markets, there is a need for them to combine both impact and financial sustainability. All too often, both ambitions are not met, leading to programs and businesses that fail to deliver impact or can’t be sustained as subsidies run out.

Over the last decade, IDH has applied our Inclusive Business Methodology (formerly known as the SDM Methodology) over 150 times across a range of contexts with the same underlying question “Under what conditions can inclusive business models be effective, efficient, resilient and create a sustainable return on investment at scale”. With our approach, we seek to identify the key levers that businesses can adjust to deliver impact in a more commercially viable way. In this masterclass, we’ll dive deeper into the methodology of how we analyze business models, share some insights from digitally enabled business models that we’ve analyzed, and highlight our observations on investment readiness.

Masterclass:  Case study on Drylands & Climate Information systems

Organizers: SPARC 

Room: Talek 2

Climate information services (CIS) are increasing in numbers and types of offerings. Pastoralists in the Horn of Africa signing up and actively using these services is still limited.  Why?

How can we make Climate information services more relevant, reliable and accessible within the array of climate adaptation tools pastoralists utilize?