Rome, Italy - 12-16 June 2017 The mission of the secretariat to Rome on programmatic and institutional developments was built around the Steering Committee meeting of the Global Alliance for Climate-smart Agriculture (GACSA) with interesting results on IFAD and FAO preparing well for the challenges ahead concerning climate-resilient agriculture. The secretariat has agreed with

Global food prices are at an all-time high. Equally alarmingly is the skyrocketing price of fertilizers, which risks farmers using less in the coming season and escalating the crises due to reduced crop yields. Useful Resources on the Current Crisis

Key messages from the event "Assessing the Data ‘Quantum’ Leap in Agriculture and Food Systems" on 13 February 2023, jointly organized by the European Commission, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD).

Wondering what all those terms mean in sustainable finance in food systems and rural development? Here are some definitions of commonly used terminology and key concepts. You can find out more in the joint report by the Donor Platform and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, which focuses on how to make donors and public funds more catalytic for food systems through sustainable and blended financing approaches.

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

As the lockdowns continue worldwide and the commentaries on food security and COVID-19 start to come in, the Ceres 2030 initiative held an online reflection on the implications of the COVID -19 pandemic on global food security on 7 April 2020. The virtual meeting was convened by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD),

Meet our GDPRD Board Member Sebastian Lesch of BMZ. What does it take to truly shift the paradigm on food systems? Why are short- and long-term responses important to tackling current and future global crises? Sebastian Lesch, newly appointed Head of Agriculture at BMZ, answers these difficult questions and more, and explains how Germany welcomes all hands on deck for collaborative donor action.

Sophia Murphy is a food systems and international economy expert with 30 years of professional experience. She is currently the Executive Director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). This interview is an opportunity for speakers from the 2023 Annual General Assembly to reflect on two decades of rural development and aid effectiveness.

FAO’s 2018 report on Food Security and Nutrition in the World is out, and its key message is alarming. In 2017, the number of undernourished people is estimated to have increase to 821 million – around one out of every nine people in the world suffers from hunger. For the third year in a

AGA Session 2 - 3 November 2020: Pathways for food systems transformation. Shaping the GDPRD’s contribution to the Food Systems Summit.