United States, March 27 -- Small farmers in nine Mexican states will receive new support to improve their resilience against extreme weather with an $8 million investment grant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).The grant, approved by the IDB's Board of Executive Directors, will expand financing for nature-based agricultural investments that protect soils, water, and ecosystems and enhance resilience at the farm level, helping safeguard rural livelihoods and food security.The IDB grant will support partial credit guarantees through Mexico's Agricultural Trust Funds (FIRA), a public financing mechanism created by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and managed by the Central Bank of Mexico. These guarantees will work by sha...