Events

12 December, 14:30-15:30 CET | “The Future of Youth in Agrifood Systems: Tackling the Double Challenge of Access to Land and Finance” is a joint session by the Thematic Working Groups on Land and Rural Youth Employment that explores the central dilemma limiting youth engagement: how young people can access land without finance, and finance without land.

12 December, 9:00-9:35 CET | An opening session examining how shifting development finance dynamics call for renewed coordination, clearer alignment, and stronger commitment to transforming agrifood systems, featuring opening remarks, a keynote and scene-setting by the Co-Chairs of the High-Level Advisory Group.

11–12 November 2026 | An international symposium, in collaboration with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), dedicated to exploring new directions for agrifood development cooperation amid shifting global realities. GDPRD Secretariat Coordinator Maurizio Navarra is a panellist in Session II on "Adapting for impact: the role of European development agencies in a changing world".

26 January 2026 | 15:30 - 17:00 CET | Columbia University, New York, and on Zoom | "Strategic Investments for Resilient Agrifood Systems: Driving SDG Progress through Partnerships" is an official off-site side event of the 2026 ECOSOC Partnership Forum. It is co-organized by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Join Corinna Hawkes (Director, Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, FAO) and Jim Woodhill (Senior Advisor, GDPRD) for a timely conversation on how a systems approach to agrifood finance can help donors and investors align constrained resources to catalyse system-wide impact.