{
  "pilot": "access_to_climate_finance",
  "display_name": "Access to Climate Finance — Agriculture in Nigeria",
  "challenge": {
    "intervention_context": "There is limited accessible information and capacity for smallholder farmers (SHFs), state governments and stakeholders to identify, prepare and secure international climate finance for agriculture. As a result, governments and agricultural actors in Nigeria are not effectively accessing global funds, leaving agricultural resilience weak.",
    "symptoms": [
      "Lack of clear guidance and templates for SHFs, farmer associations and state governments to apply for international climate funds",
      "Low accreditation and proposal submission rates to funds like the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund by Nigerian entities",
      "Insufficient coordination between federal, state (notably Kaduna, Kano) and FCT (Abuja) actors including governors and farmer associations",
      "Weak pipeline of bankable agriculture-climate projects and limited access to carbon market opportunities for smallholders"
    ],
    "time_window": "Last 2 quarters",
    "success_definition": "Stakeholders in Kaduna, Kano and Abuja collaboratively submit accredited, bankable agriculture-climate proposals and mobilize international climate finance with measurable benefits to smallholder resilience.",
    "decision_question": "How should stakeholders combine effort to attract international climate finance to agriculture in Nigeria?",
    "headline_kpis": [
      "International climate finance mobilized for agriculture (USD)",
      "Number of accredited implementing entities / NIEs at national or state level",
      "Number of bankable agriculture-climate proposals submitted and approved by major funds",
      "Number or percentage of smallholder farmers reached by funded activities",
      "State-level budget allocation to climate-smart agriculture (USD or % of budget)"
    ]
  },
  "queries": [
    "Green Climate Fund accreditation requirements and recent accreditation activity for Nigerian entities in the last 2 quarters",
    "Adaptation Fund and other multilateral climate funds: approved or submitted agriculture projects in Nigeria (last 2 quarters)",
    "State budget lines and recent allocations for climate-smart agriculture in Kaduna, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) over the last 2 quarters",
    "Examples and case studies of successful subnational/state-led applications to GCF or Adaptation Fund for agricultural resilience from African states",
    "Templates and best-practice guidance for developing bankable agriculture-climate project proposals and concept notes suitable for international funds",
    "Opportunities and mechanisms for smallholder participation in voluntary carbon markets and aggregated carbon projects in Nigeria"
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-04-10T14:29:13"
}