Innovative financing for agriculture, food security and nutrition

This report is the result of a collective work carried out by the high-level expert Committee and a writing team commissioned by the Task Force on Innovative Financing for agriculture, food security and nutrition created by the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development at its 9th plenary session in Mali (Bamako) in June 2011. The report includes an analysis of the need for innovating financing dedicated to the agricultural, food security and nutrition sector, a critical review of existing and possible mechanisms and a proposed selection of avenues for the development of such mechanisms.