[IFAD] As intensifying climate change compromises crops around the world, Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, is calling for global leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) to set a specific and ambitious goal on finance for adaptation, one that integrates the needs of small-scale farmers who produce a significant part of the food in developing countries, and for the world at large. IFAD indicatively estimates the finance gap for