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
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - January 2018 The release of the first CAADP Biennial Review Report on the Implementation of the 2014 Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods has generated a unique
Maputo, Mozambique - January 2018 The seminar organised by the Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development Unit C1 and the EU delegation to Mozambique back in November in 2017 provided a forum for intense and productive thematic and
Rome, Italy - November 2017 Links The Smallholder and Agri-Food SME Finance
Rome, Italy - October 2017 The event "Rural youth employment and entrepreneurship for food security and nutrition", organised by the European Commission and BMZ focused on the importance of rural youth employment for development and nutrition and food security.
Rome, Italy - October 2017 On 9 October the Platform's Global Donor Working Group on Land organised a side event at the Committee on World Food Security in Rome to draw attention to this still little understood phenomenon. Speakers
Hamburg, Germany - July 2017 In the Leaders Declaration issued after the G20 meeting in Hamburg, four policy priorities directly relate to agriculture and rural development. Next to fostering innovation and ensuring sustainable and resilient financial system, the G20
Bonn, Germany - 10 July 2017 Links Domestic investment in land and agriculture is not new, but received until now little attention compared to the phenomenon of Foreign
Bonn, Germany - 10 July 2017 United Nations Member States and leaders from civil society, business, UN System, specialized agencies, academia and other stakeholders have been convening in New York from 10 to 19 July 2017 for the annual
Berlin, Germany - 27-28 April 2017 The topic of rural youth has been a longstanding thematic area of the Platform under the theme “Gender and youth”. Recognising that different marginalised groups face different experiences and are uniquely disadvantaged, the
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