• Washington, DC - March 2018 Each year, the Global Donor Working Group on Land organises a session at the Land and Poverty Conference of the World Bank. This year, the session explored new ways donors and other actors can reach and influence the practices of companies investing in land at national level. It looked

  • 7–18 October 2024 | An online course offered by ILO’s International Training Centre to provide an in-depth understanding of the context of rural employment in developing countries, outlining the challenges faced by rural youth, and young women in particular. It will explore the various policy elements and intervention approaches that are needed to support rural youths.

  • In this month's segment, the Global Donor Platform's Michelle Tang continues her role as co-host of IFAD's FARMS. FOOD. FUTURE. podcast.

  • The UN Decade of Family Farming is a joint effort by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), both of whom are members of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development. Links Over

  • The Secretariat spoke with both co-chairs ahead of this week’s Senior Managers’ Meeting and the High-Level Food Systems event. Conrad Rein Policy Officer, Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries, European Commission CONTACT | CO-CHAIR Conrad Rein, European Commission, shares his thoughts on why donors play

  • This year's edition looks into the true cost of food for sustainable agrifood systems. The report introduces the concept of hidden environmental, health and social costs and benefits of agrifood systems and proposes an approach – true cost accounting (TCA) – to assess them.

  • AGA 2022 Session 3 - June 15 9:10-10:40 CET. Session by the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL): Responsible Land-Based Investing as a Strategy to Mitigate the Harms of a New Food Crisis.

  • The Quantifying Tenure Risk is a joint initiative between the Overseas Development Institute and TMP Systems to provide data and analysis to reduce land conflict and improve land governance through better informed investment decisions. The study and tool is primarily geared towards investors to make a stronger, objective case for investing in better due

  • Key messages from the CFS 51 Side Event on 23 October 2023 in Rome, co-organized by the GDPRD, Shamba Centre, UK FCDO, Western Cape Government and WFP.

  • The 2019 World Export Development Forum (WEDF) brought together more than 1,000 business leaders, policymakers, and young entrepreneurs from over 100 countries who convened in Addis Ababa to better exploit the opportunities for growth through trade. The Forum’s theme this year was “Trade and Invest in One Africa” and was co-hosted by Platform member