Acumen

Acumen is one of the pioneers of impact investing for over two decades across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and has raised three other climate-focused funds that are currently deployed across Africa. Acumen is now seeking to address climate change to build climate resilience for smallholder farmers in Pakistan.

Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world while also being the fifth most vulnerable to climate change. As an agrarian economy, the already underproductive agriculture ecosystem has come under increasing climate change pressure. For Pakistan, the climate emergency is happening now. In a country where almost half the population struggles with food insecurity, investing in agriculture is the key to building robust food systems which are also at the core of achieving SDGs.

Acumen will increase adaptation capacity in Pakistan’s increasingly vulnerable, yet critical agriculture sector. Smallholder farmers will benefit from our activities, through a more efficient and productive value chain that in turn enables higher, more stable, climate resilient livelihoods. Acumen’s success will further help build an enabling ecosystem, drawing more investors to climate adaptation, to continue building on a foundation of efficient energy and innovative agriculture spaces across the world.