In our seventh segment, the Platform interviews Ron Hartman, Director of Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization at IFAD. Ron talks about the ever-changing donor landscape, and why 2023 is a significant moment not only for IFAD but also for our most vulnerable rural populations facing food insecurity. 

Bonn, Germany - July 2017 One of the most prominent nexuses of sustainable development is between agriculture, water and energy. Water management and agriculture are an integral part of many if not all SDGs. But the Platform members have agreed that sustainable pathway to food security in the context of climate change and water

Africa’s demographic dividend has tremendous potential to transform the supply and demand of future goods and services, including in the agriculture and food industry.

Online - 1 June 2016 The World Food Programme and the Met Office in the UK jointly developed an interactive map to outline the problematic relationship and the possible developments in the next couple of decades. Links Climate change is a

A short report that captures the highlights from the 2022 Annual General Assembly through quotes, key messages and brief summaries of the action-packed two days.

PLATFORM | 13. – 14. JUNE 2018 | BERLIN, GERMANY "Young and ready to move – empowering the new generation in the rural space" Download The future of agriculture, transformation of rural spaces and the need

It is important to understand youth specific challenges and learn from good practice interventions supporting youth access to land.

Bonn, Germany - 15 Mar 2017 The UN Statistical Commission agreed on a draft resolution on the global indicator framework for the SDGs. ADB has launched last year a project to support national statistics offices in three countries - Marshall Islands, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam – in gathering data on the progress made

The African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) platform is an online community designed to enable networking, learning and sharing for individual young agripreneurs and rural youth organizations. It is is supported by FAO and was launched in August 2021 in collaboration with the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF). Links

Thematic Areas Sustainable/Blended Finance for Food Systems The Thematic Working Group on Sustainable/Blended Finance for Food Systems was established in response to a clear need identified in a 2023 enquiry conducted jointly by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate. The enquiry's summary