Farming is unpredictable. Climate change makes it harder. Seasons shift, harvests fail, and adapting costs money: new seeds, new techniques, new tools. Social Income gives farmers steady, monthly income. Enough stability to invest in resilience instead of just surviving the next season.
Studies on direct cash to farmers
Cash for coping with agricultural shocks
Cash transfers helped rural farming households cope with droughts and floods. Households that received cash could employ coping strategies and substantially increased their food consumption and food security, even during climate shocks.
Cash transfers and farming resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
Across 7 countries, small unconditional cash payments to the rural poor proved a powerful tool for climate-resilient development. Farmers invested in agricultural inputs, diversified crops, and absorbed shocks without selling off assets.
Cash transfers directly improved food security among rural smallholder farmers and enabled them to invest in their land rather than abandon it during hard seasons.