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Agricultural Commodity Transformation Fund

ACT Fund finances agri-SMEs to accelerate inclusive regenerative agriculture—supporting smallholder farmers, restoring ecosystems, and building resilient rural economies. Combining tailored debt financing with technical assistance strengthens SMEs as the backbone for rural economies, creating formal employment and value addition.

The Agricultural Commodity Transformation (ACT) Fund is a blended finance fund initiated by the Common Fund for Commodities. The ACT Fund provides tailored debt to high-potential agri-SMEs across emerging markets. By combining flexible capital with technical assistance, the Fund, improves the incomes of smallholder farmers, enhances climate resilience and supports the transition to Inclusive Regenerative Agriculture

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Impact at Scale

Over its lifetime, ACT Fund is targeting measurable outcomes at the intersection of social and environmental impact

257670

smallholder farmers supported

235970

hectares under sustainable cultivation

103040

women smallholder farmers reached

1174500

tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions sequestered

128800

farmers adopting regenerative practices

These targets reflect a disciplined approach to impact—grounded in robust frameworks and throughout the entire investment process, from screening to monitoring during the investment period and post-investment.

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For Investors

ACT Fund transforms high-potential but hard-to-reach markets into investable opportunities, giving investors access to a resilient, diversified portfolio while driving measurable impact across inclusive, regenerative agriculture value chains.

The ACT Fund is structured as a Dutch private partnership. Its blended capital structure provides investors with strong downside protection and attractive, risk-adjusted returns via a substantial first-loss equity layer of USD 25 million. CFC has already committed USD 20 million to the first loss layer which offers protection to the mezzanine equity and debt layers throughout the lifetime of the fund. The four-tier structure mobilizes different types of capital into underserved agri-SMEs at scale.

For Investees

We partner with established agri-SMEs operating at critical points in agricultural value chains with an export orientation. Through tailored financing with debt instruments ranging between USD 1.5 - USD 5 million and strategic technical assistance support, we enable businesses to scale operations, strengthen farmer networks, and enhance long-term competitiveness

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An Impact-Led Strategy

Impact is not a by-product of ACT Fund’s activities; it is fundamental to its investment model. The Fund advances Inclusive Regenerative Agriculture through a gender-lens approach, ensuring that investments are screened for their positive contributions to female founders, managers, employees, and farmers. At the same time, the Fund places smallholder farmers at the center of systems designed to restore natural capital, improve productivity, and strengthen climate resilience.

By integrating capital, technical assistance, and rigorous impact measurement, ACT Fund delivers outcomes that are both scalable and verifiable.

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Technical Assistance as a Core Pillar

ACT Fund’s Technical Assistance Facility is integral to its value creation strategy. Beyond capital deployment, the facility strengthens investee performance and accelerates the adoption of climate-resilient and regenerative practices.

Support is delivered across the investment lifecycle—from due diligence and climate diagnostics to post-investment capacity strengthening and impact tracking—ensuring sustainability and scalability of outcomes

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