MACFRUT is the top event for professionals in the fruit and vegetable sector, both in Italy and beyond. It is a vertical trade fair representing the entire fruit and vegetable supply chain, from production and trade, machinery and plants, materials and packaging, agricultural machinery, greenhouses and irrigation, spices and herbs, nursery and seeds, bio-solutions, to logistics and services.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) will co-host a roundtable as part of the ‘Agri-food SME Forum’ at MACFRUT 2023 on the state of green finance across various agricultural value chains in Latin America and the Caribbean. The session will include two panels, with the first focusing on the challenges and solutions in achieving scale in green finance projects and programs engaging with MSMEs and small farmers in the region. The second panel will focus on identifying priorities in terms of capacity, regulatory systems, and knowledge that allow public development banks to expand access to green finance for MSMEs, producer associations, and small producers.