Our Workstreams The GDPRD continues to proactively respond to emerging issues around donor coordination. With a results-driven mandate, the Platform’s workstreams are created to focus on issues deemed by the Board as most pertinent to rural development, food security, and food systems transformation. Each workstream has

In 2023, the Global Youth Economic Opportunities (YEO) Summit's theme is YEO Reimagined: Powering Youth-Led Action Towards 2030. This theme is focused on how the global YEO 2030 community can reimagine and build sustainable youth economic opportunities, with and for young people in the decade of action.

Final report of the findings and deliberations from the event “Assessing the Data ‘Quantum’ Leap in Agriculture and Food Systems” held on 13 February 2023 at IFAD Headquarters.

This webinar presents a Land Records and Transaction System Assessment and Design Toolkit newly released by MCC and LEI. The toolkit is intended for practitioners in both the public and private sectors to identify optimal technology approaches for strengthened land administration.

5 September 2024 | 16:00-18:30 CET | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London and on Zoom. How to deliver impact at scale, reach smallholder farmers and build the next generation of competitive African agribusinesses. Chris Isaac, AgDevCo’s Chief Investment Officer and co-founder, will be delivering the 41st Ralph Melville Lecture in association with The Tropical Agriculture Association International (TAAI).

What are priority investments in rights to achieve long-term sustainability of forest areas? This report examines the link between collective tenure rights and climate action in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

Knowledge Sharing Food Systems Recommendations Database This database was developed by the GDPRD to collate and summarize recommendations from key international reports and meetings related to food systems and rural development. Recommendations are collated from key global reports, to provide policy makers and researchers with easy access to

On 22 October 17:00-18:00, the European Commission Land Data Partnership, convened by the International Land Coalition, will launch the latest Prindex Report, based on land and housing tenure security data from 108 countries.

The status of women in agrifood systems report uses extensive new data and analyses to provide a comprehensive picture of women’s participation, benefits, and challenges they face working in agrifood systems globally. The report shows how increasing women’s empowerment and gender equality in agrifood systems enhances women’s well-being and the well-being of their households, creating opportunities for economic growth, greater incomes, productivity and resilience.