AGA 2025 "Catalysing Finance and Impact for Food Systems" | 12 December, 11:45-13:00 CET | The session will explore the approaches needed to catalyse finance and strengthen impact in agrifood systems at the country level, examining how to strengthen coordination among private sector actors, development finance institutions, and government counterparts.
AGA 2025 High-Level Panel Discussion "Evolving roles in a fragmented aid landscape" | 12 December, 9:50-11:20 CET | The session will explore the evolving roles in a fragmented aid landscape, marked by shrinking ODA budgets, shifting financial reforms, and new demands for impact.
AGA 2025 "Multilateral and geopolitical dynamics of agrifood systems financing and development" | 12 December, 15:45-17:30 CET | The session will provide an overview of the multilateral and geopolitical dynamics shaping agrifood systems financing and development, and reflect on the key outcomes from 2025 and priorities for the year ahead.
AGA 2025 Thematic Session | 12 December, 14:30-15:30 CET | โThe Future of Youth in Agrifood Systems: Tackling the Double Challenge of Access to Land and Financeโ 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.
AGA 2025 Opening, Keynote and Scene Setting | 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.
Why invest in agrifood systems now? In this interview, IFADโs Federica Diamanti explains why financing food systems is an investment in prosperity, climate resilience, and stability โ and why scaling it is more urgent than ever.
14-17 January 2026 | Berlin, Germany | The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is a key international event that brings together experts, politicians, scientists, businesses and civil society to develop solutions for future food security. This year's topic is "Water. Harvests. Our Future".
In this interview, Abdula Manafi Mutualo, Chief Multilateral Relations Officer at the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), highlights IOFSโs mission and strategic priorities, its engagement with the Donor Platform, and its commitment to advancing inclusive and coordinated agrifood systems transformation.
The side event brought together donors, practitioners and development finance experts to explore how blended finance can more effectively mobilize capital for agrifood systems transformation and how its impact can be measured consistently.
11โ12 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".
3-5 November 2025 | Washington DC, USA. The Forum brings together practitioners from across sectors to shape the next decade of blended finance, exploring market trends, collaboration, and private sector solutions for sustainable development.