Climate Policy Initiative - India's Advisor, Kalpesh Gada, and Director, Vivek Sen, participated in a seminar addressing the urgent need for climate adaptation in the agrarian sector by driving innovative investments organized by Nishith Desai Associates and GIZ India, in collaboration with Impact Investors Council (IIC), LoanXpress, Sa-Dhan Association and Sustain Plus Energy Foundation, CInI - Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives at Imaginarium AliGunjan Research Centre, Alibaug, Mumbai. In the session on ‘Unlocking Capital for Climate Agritech: The Opportunities and Issues in Blended Finance,’ Vivek Sen pointed to pooled bonds as a relevant blended finance tool that could help achieve aggregation and credit enhancement, thereby potentially augmenting debt capital for climate agritech firms. The panel reasserted the role of blended finance in narrowing the finance gap for agritech solution providers. The panel discussion on ‘Investing in Microfinance for Climate-Smart Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges,’ moderated by Kalpesh Gada, delved into the opportunities in lending for the purchase of various agritech products and equipment, response by institutional credit providers in the form of guarantees and lines of credit; as well as the challenges such as the need for behavioral change at the grassroots and modification of micro-lending practices to accommodate longer loan tenures. It is inspiring to see these discussions shaping and significantly advancing the path of finance for climate agritech. Sandeep Bhattacharya, Sowdamini Bhat, Ganesh Neelam, GIRISH AIVALLI, Rahul Rishi #Agritech #BlendedFinance #SustainableDevelopment #AgriculturalFinance
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6dKalpesh Gadaa and Vivek Sen , it was great to have both of you at the event. Look forward to your suggestions and critiques of how events can be structured to ensure flow of capital. The more tried and tested format is doing up a report followed by dis semination. Nothing wrong with that, but it might not be most suitable for "financing green" as much for " greening finance ".