SAFIN – the importance of investments for agricultural enterprises
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:38:56+02:00Rome, Italy - November 2017 Links The Smallholder and Agri-Food SME Finance
Rural youth employment – bridging the gap between transformation and urbanisation
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:36:29+02:00Rome, 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.
Shedding light on domestic investments in sub-Saharan Africa
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:31:55+02:00Rome, 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
G20 Summit in 2017 – development opportunities for the rural space
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:29:07+02:00Hamburg, 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
Developing a basic understanding of domestic land investments
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-22T14:19:44+02:00Bonn, 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
Land tenure security monitoring in the SDGs: leaving no one behind
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:15:26+02:00Bonn, 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
The future of the rural world conference in Berlin
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:07:08+02:00Berlin, 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
Inclusive agribusiness: what to expect from donors?
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:04:42+02:00Online, 19 April 2017 As a study commissioned by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development has argued, inclusive agribusiness is not yet an universally accepted term and there is lack of clarity about its boundaries. But the amount
Brussels briefing – urban linkages in Africa
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T10:02:00+02:00Brussels, Belgium - 22 March 2017 The 48th Brussels Policy Briefing covered several important issues, such as the way rural economies and farmers could partake in the use of opportunities created by the process of urbanisation. Another topic that
Official Development Assistance – how important is it?
Alessandro Cordova2022-08-31T09:59:58+02:00Paris, France - 5 April 2017 The international community was called to use the momentum created by the Agenda2030 and reinforce dialogue between public and private sector. Through dialogue, the two sectors should aim to build trust and present
