The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development organised its AGA 2018, "Young and ready to move - empowering the new generation in the rural space", with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). The background to the thematic discussions was the Rural Youth Employment Initiative, to which governments and heads of states voted on at the G20 summit in 2017. This historic vote signalled a clear political commitment of the international community to improve the efforts to empower youth in rural areas.

Are we on track to secure tenure rights and establish effective and transparent land governance systems by 2030? This broad yet fundamental question was the point of departure used by the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL) in its session at the World Bank Land Conference 2019, held this Thursday in Washington, DC.

The Global Donor Platform’s autumn 2019 webinar series, to be launched on 10th September, is a series of four webinars that cover a wide range of topics, from rural producer agency and agricultural value chains to climate-smart-agriculture (CSA) and youth network in Africa. The webinar series will look into important findings of studies and

There has never been a greater need for coordinated donor investments and collaboration that align with partner countries' needs and priorities. This flagship report is the culmination of a year-long workstream on donor coordination conducted by the GDPRD and includes key messages and recommendations for donors to consider in the way forward.

Youth account for one out of every six people worldwide. About 10 – 12 million jobs need to be created and/or supported per year until 2035 in Africa alone and millions of young people are bound to engage in agriculture. The challenge of the “youth bulge” is not only about the number of jobs

The objective of this page is to present the SDG land indicators 1.4.2 and 5.a.1. Links Multiple stakeholders in the international land community, including the Global Donor Working Group on Land (GDWGL), supported the inclusion of land issues in the Sustainable

This report demonstrates how employment in one sector – agro-food – can provide economic opportunities and improve livelihoods of young people in the MENA region, with a special focus on Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Links Young people, the demographic group aged

The year 2023 marked the Donor Platform’s 20th anniversary and the report highlights the activities and results in catalysing change and harmonizing impact. Highlights include a focus on sustainable and blended financing for SDG 2, stronger collaboration among donors for greater impact, and better data systems for food systems and rural development.

GLOBAL | 22-26 MAY 2023 | SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT Links The 58th Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank and the 49th Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Fund will take place in Sharm El

Online, 19 April 2017 As a study commissioned by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development has argued, inclusive agribusiness is not yet an universally accepted term and there is lack of clarity about its boundaries. But the amount of current investments in this area (some guess at over USD 4 billion globally) might