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Working capital loan for FPOs: See here
Ecosystem Services payments: Go direct to funders and avoid the registries which eliminates complexity and issues like requirement for land records and additionality. Look to Regen Network as a potential partner or analog for generating credits and in addition to corporate buyers, can look to crypto currencies like KlimaDAO and Celo that want to purchase offsets for their treasuries.
Sustainability finance: Help de-risk adoption of CSA practices by providing capital during a 2-3 year “transition” period. Maybe link w a certification standard if we believe that might help with price realization once the transition is complete. Might overlap with (2) above
Revenue based financing for farmer groups: Financial sponsors contribute capital; rather than a fixed rate of interest, they get back a % of earnings each season are paid back until 2x the original investment is repaid. This could stretch over multiple seasons and duration to repay informs the % return. Used by cooperatives in the US where access to traditional bank debt is hard and cannot raise equity.