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'We need a collage': Blended finance models key to unlocking long-term impact for smallholders

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Amanda Lin
AgTechNavigator Journalist and Editor
onJanuary 30, 2026

Published by AgTechNavigator

 

"Rim Baji, Chief Partnerships and Sustainability Officer of the Moroccan association, High Atlas Foundation, highlighted how bilateral funds have become an increasingly unreliable way to finance long-term impact.

You've seen the changes in bilateral funding. It's not a sustainable way of financing impact... It's very important that when you work with smallholder farmers to know that when that financing is gone and they are hung out to dry, you're killing 10 years of trust with those farmers.

She underscored the urgency of financing models that are more sustainable over the long term and that prioritse autonomy for farmers, rather than dependency."