PLATFORM | 1. – 2. FEBRUARY 2017 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM “Agenda 2030 put into practice: what future for rural development?” The added value of the Platform was again reasserted during this years AGA – providing an open space to discuss trends and challenges in international cooperation. Furthermore participants agreed that the informal exchange between

Thematic Areas - SDG 2 Roadmap Donors' Efforts to Implement the SDGs The Platform debate has moved beyond the substantive considerations of the new opportunities of the SDGs and is addressing issues to support their achievement, especially SDG2 - the goal to end hunger and malnutrition and double the productivity and incomes

Our Focus Knowledge Sharing Intro text here Broker the sharing of evidence, lessons, insights and technical expertise necessary for donors to align efforts, learn from each other and improve the impact of their food system and rural-development related policies and programmes. The Platform does this by: Identifying policy

Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all  Links In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges

The cost of food, fuel, and fertilizer in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities is continuing to escalate to crisis levels since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with families spending up to ten times what they paid almost 16 months ago, according to new analysis from international humanitarian organization ActionAid.

Workstreams Sustainable and blended financing for SDG2 The GDPRD and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate have undertaken an enquiry on how to make donors and public funds more catalytic for food systems through sustainable and blended financing approaches. The investigation included a series of interviews which explored how donors, philanthropic

26 June 2024 | 15:00-17:00 CET | ZOOM. The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches. The first seminar will provide an overview of the main concepts and terms, current architecture and emerging issues in development finance.

2018 was a vibrant and productive year for the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development. By facilitating direct exchange and information sharing, the Platform continued to enable members to coordinate and contribute to higher level of policy coherence.

In this interview, Iris pinpoints the important role of clear communications in food systems transformation and how this translates into having the right information to help make better decisions. She shares her optimism in our younger generation to insist on action now on climate change. Iris Krebber

Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum Links Read more on the Food Systems Recommendations Database This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and