Donor coordination is a critical factor for successfully addressing the current food crisis. It is also important to IFAD’s mission, evidenced by our role as host of the Secretariat of the GDPRD, a network that brings donors together for strategic dialogue and collaboration on rural development and food systems.

Meet the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL): An Interview with Karol Boudreaux and Gemma Betsema. Karol Boudreaux USAID CONTACT Gemma Betsema Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) CONTACT Karol Boudreaux is a Senior Land and Resource Governance Advisor, USAID and

Ise Shima, Japan - 30 May 2016 The group paid special attention to the challenges the agricultural sector is facing and the resulting threats to global food security. At the summit, the world leaders asked for more coherence in implementation of food security policies and the convening role of the Global Donor Platform was

Key messages from the webinar “Combatting hunger and poverty through rural youth employment” jointly organized by OECD and BMZ on 13 May 2024. The event was an opportunity to reflect on the efforts made by G20 countries and international organizations as well as the civil society to spur job creation for rural youth and discuss best ways forward.

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

This official side event of the 51st plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security provides insight from donors on ways to make their funding more impactful and catalytic as well as new sources of funding. Co-organized by the GDPRD, the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Western Cape Department of Agriculture - South Africa and World Food Programme.

AGA Event 4 - 5 November 2020: Catalyzing responsible private sector investments for food systems transformation.

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 partners and donors will help reduce the complexity of rural

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

Worldwide, more than 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row, the UN announced on 15 July 2019 in New York in its latest report on the state of food security and nutrition.