The UK and 44 other governments have pledged more than £3bn to make farming in the developing world greener and more resilient to climate change and to help protect valuable land from agricultural development.

The money is made up of various funds for many projects and includes a £500m contribution from the UK to help protect five million hectares of rainforests from deforestation, an area equivalent to 3.5 million football pitches.

Hundreds of millions of pounds will also be spent on agricultural innovation, including the development of climate resilient crops and ways to improve soil health – and helping make these techniques and resources affordable and accessible to hundreds of millions of farmers around the world.

Guest post from The i Newspaper