FAO: Baku Harmoniya initiative aims to improve farmers' access to climate finance

The main goal of the Baku Harmoniya initiative is to improve farmers' access to climate finance, a natural resources specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Yvette Zenina, said on the second day of Baku Climate Action Week 2026 (BCAW 2026), Report informs.

Zenina noted that the Baku Harmony initiative was launched during Azerbaijan's presidency of COP29. The process was later continued under the RAISE mechanism (Rapidly Accelerating Sustainable Investments in Agriculture for Transformation of Agrifood Systems).

"One of the main priorities of Baku Harmony is improving farmers' access to climate finance. Close cooperation needs to be established between multilateral development banks, state agricultural banks and farmers' organizations. Farmers are at the center of all initiatives," she said.