In addition to supporting farmer organizations in developing and fundraising for concrete projects, NOW Partners Foundation and Global Academy also collaborate with governments and financial institutions to develop and manage two types of Financial Guarantee Facilities.

Unicafes includes over 1,500 cooperatives with over 1 million farmers and foresters across Brasil. Forty percent of them are already doing agroecology and agroforestry, and many more want to transition.

CAMTA is one of the Amazon’s oldest and most successful agroforestry cooperatives whose members SAF innovations regenerate natural and social systems. Because of higher productivity and value additions CAMTA farmers have also greatly increased their regenerative prosperity.

Natura, Latin America’s largest beauty company, has been a partner of NOW Partners Foundation since they collaborated in creating and strengthening sustainable business alliances across Latin America. Natura is highly respected for its social and environmental commitment and initiatives, including funding and buying from agroforestry cooperatives for its value chain of Amazon forestry products.

NOW Partners Foundation, with Global Academy, is developing a model that not only scales agroforestry and regenerates natural systems but strengthens the income and social context of farmers.