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Climate Change
MDF strengthened climate resilience through its agricultural interventions.
In 2025, 1,390 farmers benefitted from
climate-relevant inputs and services.
MDF started new interventions to make resilience-improving inputs, like drought-resistant seeds and crop protection, more accessible to farmers, complemented by extension to improve storage and use of inputs. Pilot interventions were launched to promote the use and maintenance of agricultural machinery. In green energy, MDF continued work on rooftop solar and tested the market potential of biogas, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions through better manure management.
Climate Change Quick Fact
Green energy solutions reduce emissions, energy costs and expenditure on imported diesel (USD118 million/ AUD177 million in 2021), as well as making power supply more reliable.8
In 2025, MDF began two interventions in green energy: one in financing for rooftop solar and the other to test the market potential of biogas for rural farms.
In 2025, green energy partners spent USD1.48 for each US dollar invested by MDF.
Gender Equality, Disability
and Social Inclusion
Beyond growth, Timor-Leste’s economy also needs to be more inclusive of women, people with disabilities and the large youth population.
In 2025, MDF continued to prioritise partnerships that expanded broader economic participation, with 89 per cent of MDF’s portfolio relevant to women’s economic empowerment. In 2025, MDF invested more heavily to expand access to agricultural inputs and labour-saving machinery, which reduce time burdens and improve productivity for women farmers. In tourism, MDF worked with Ra’es Hadomi Timor Oan (RHTO), an organisation of people with disabilities, to reduce access barriers at TasiFest, a major music and cultural festival.
