? Hello from Kuala Lumpur!

This week, representing the FARM team, cathy cao joined agriculture experts at the Regional Consultation meeting of CABI’s Asia Pacific Member States.

In her panel she explored FARM’s potential to align policy, enforcement, and finance towards reducing agrochemicals in agriculture by:

? Redirecting public subsidies to safer alternatives
? Embedding pollution criteria in responsible investment and banking
? Scaling biocontrol commercialisation
? Providing micro-loans for farmers adopting safer practices
♻️ Investing in waste management infrastructure, among others

Excited to share more learnings and insights from these rich conversations soon.

Stay tuned!

The global biopesticides market is projected to be on a significant growth trajectory.

How close are we to seeing biopesticides at the heart of sustainable pest management strategies?

ICYMI: The second phase of the FARM Programme was approved at the end of 2024.

UNDP will lead the second phase of FARM+ with 8 additional countries.

Learn more about FARM+: https://www.greenpolicyplatform.org/news/new-gef-funds-towards-undp-sup…

As part of the launch event for the FARM Ecuador project, we created this video highlighting our most important goals and objectives for the country through this initiative over its five-year implementation:

Over 7,000 people will be part of the initiative nationwide.
Approximately 300 tons of greenhouse gas emissions mitigated.
More than 1,000 tons of pesticides eliminated from agricultural use.
Improved management of plastic use in agriculture at the national level.

We invite you to watch the full video here: