An interview with Troels Mahieu-Sorensen, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”. UNDP joined the Donor Platform as a new member in October 2024.
Co-Chairs Bruce Campbell (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC) and Federica de Gaetano (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, AICS) are featured in the Devex 2024 Global Voices list, for their opinion piece on “How blended finance can catalyse private capital for agriculture”, originally published on 1 October 2024.
Links Member profile AICS – the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation – is one of key innovations established by the Italian law on international cooperation (Law No.
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This special episode of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)'s podcast Farms. Food. Future. takes us behind the scenes of the Donor Platform's work.
Read the draft background paper produced by the GDPRD to inform and stimulate discussions during the 2024 Annual General Assembly (AGA) on 26 – 27 November. The AGA will focus on the theme “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges.”
The Food Systems Architecture Database, developed by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, is an interactive tool to map organizations and key initiatives driving food systems transformation. This resource supports partnerships by allowing donors to identify synergies, gaps, and collaboration opportunities. Explore the database in interactive or tabular form, with downloadable tables for further analysis.
An interview with the Academic Advisor of the Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Sabine Desczka of Wageningen University and Research.
An interview with the Co-Chairs of the new GDPRD Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Tuleen Alkhoffash of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Songbae Lee of the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.
What are some innovative and cross-sector ideas with the potential to make a difference in food systems financing? Read the summary blog of the webinar "Financing Food and Rural Development" on 26 September 2024 and co-hosted by the Donor Platform and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate.
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