Youth account for one out of every six people worldwide. About 10 – 12 million jobs need to be created and/or supported per year until 2035 in Africa alone and millions of young people are bound to engage in
What is the most effective way to end hunger sustainably? And what would it cost? These two questions are central to a new initiative: Ceres2030 aims at giving answers to the fundamental endeavour to evaluate the benefits, costs and
New York | USA | 24 Sep. 2018 In an unprecedented effort to harness the power of data to boost the productivity and livelihoods of the world’s 500 million small-holder farmers, on the sidelines of the United Nations General
Kigali | Rwanda | September 2018 Leaders from government, business, research and development spheres came together from 4 - 8 September 2018 to discuss sustainable agricultural and economic growth across the African continent, at the 8th African Green Revolution
Bandung | Indonesia | September 2018 by Romy Sato (Donor Platform), Robyn Stewart (ILC) and Giulia Barbanente (IFAD) In times of growing competition over land and pressure over businesses for sustainable and responsible conduct, society often turn its eyes
From 30-31 August 2018 over 700 key stakeholders from across the globe met at Wageningen University and Research to discuss their views and contributions for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2, Zero Hunger - and to take action to achieve
On 12 June 2018, the Global Donor Platform held a roundtable in Berlin to share experiences with M&E of inclusive agribusiness and agricultural value chain interventions. Representatives from donors, implementing agencies and knowledge institutes discussed challenges and areas for
What is blended finance, can it mitigate the risk of SDG-related investments, and how to use this tool strategically to increase the development impact? These questions were discussed in the knowledge-exchange and learning session, organised in Paris jointly by
Washington, DC - March 2018 Each year, the Global Donor Working Group on Land organises a session at the Land and Poverty Conference of the World Bank. This year, the session explored new ways donors and other actors can
Geneva, Switzerland - January 2018 The recognition that businesses particularly in the agri-food sector are playing a growing role in the development of rural areas and, consequently, in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are leading many governments, international
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