The Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovative Finance Initiative

Notice: _On April 14, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the cancellation of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities (PCSC). The USDA plans to reform the program into the Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP) initiative. Contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) for more information on how to apply to the AMP initiative. _

This project, covering more than 30 states, will use innovative finance mechanisms to accelerate climate-smart practice uptake by farmers, including Tribal and Black farmers, leveraging private sector demand to strengthen markets for climate-smart commodities. Partners will provide technical assistance and additional financial incentives to a diverse array of producers across a range of commodities, tying climate-smart practices to commodity purchases and creating a scalable model for private sector investment.

The project plans to focus on cover crops, low- or no-till, nutrient management, and/or enhanced efficiency fertilizers to increase supply of climate-smart corn, cotton, soy, and wheat.

In each project, partners will work together to recruit producers, provide financial and technical assistance to participating producers, support producers in completing MMRV activities using well-established, user-friendly tools and procedures, and link producers to downstream markets in the form of brands and retailers who seek climate-smart commodities to meet sustainable sourcing commitments and science-based targets for emissions reductions.

Interested learning more about The Innovative Finance Initiative, or how to get involved? Please direct questions to Alyssa Hernandez, Field to Market Program Assistant, via this form.