About us
Facts and figures
Discover the key facts and figures behind our strategy.
Agriculture
The environment
Market engagement
Agriculture
The environment
3.6%
of all global emissions are contributed by Africa, but the continent is disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change.
40-80%
of cropland will be lost by farmers in the 2030s and 2040s as a result of a 1.5°c-2°c rise in temperatures.
20.3m
hectares of tree cover were lost between 2000 and 2020 in DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.
Market engagement
$35b
per year net is spent by Africa on food imports, despite an abundance of uncultivated farmland.
$180b
is the estimated funding gap faced by smallholder farmers in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
28%
of the 318 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises surveyed by the Bank of Tanzania in 2019 received loans.
20%
or less of farmed land in Africa is cultivated with improved seed due to its lack of accessibility and affordability.
7%
of smallholder farmers worldwide have contracts with buyers; many smallholder farmers have no formal links with buyers.
