Improved land rights for all and sustainable land use are absolute preconditions for achieving the SDG targets on food & nutrition security, climate resilience, rule of law, peace & stability, inclusive growth and gender equality. This requires coordinated multi-stakeholder action aligned with people’s priorities and (sub)national policies.
Quote | Adriano Campolina, Senior Policy Officer, FAO
Michelle Tang2022-09-07T09:20:05+02:00The relationship of ownership, access to and control over land is a part of a larger power inequity equation. Besides the regulatory environment, one also should consider the power dynamics and the political economy surrounding land issues.
Quote | Lindsay Katchika-Jere, Network for Youth Development, Malawi
Michelle Tang2022-09-07T09:56:28+02:00It is important to hear the voices of the youth themselves, in terms of what they want to happen if they are to be involved in the agricultural sector.
Quote | Ken Chamuva Shawa, ILO’s Regional Office for Africa
Michelle Tang2022-09-07T09:57:07+02:00The agricultural sector must be transformed by ensuring that we develop value chains that create jobs in the agricultural system and by encouraging and supporting the continental programs for agriculture, such as CAADP, to ensure and enhance youth employment.
Quote | Cyriaque Hakizimana, Young African Researchers in Agriculture
Michelle Tang2022-09-07T09:59:42+02:00A reconfiguration of land ownership across the African Continent needs to be undertaken with ownership by the youth being prioritised.
Quote | Mukulia Kennedy Ayason, African Union Commission
Michelle Tang2022-09-07T09:55:37+02:00We need to get more focused and engaged in decentralising our system of work and our system of policy-making, to ensure a bottom-up approach that develops policies which respond to the issues of youth.
An Interview With Chair and Vice Chair | Global Donor Working Group on Land
Michelle Tang2022-09-06T12:42:20+02:00There remains an enormous implementation gap to close around land rights, to address discriminatory social norms and support the equal rights of women, youth, indigenous people and migrants to access, use and benefit from land. We have the opportunity to work collaboratively for another 10 years of progress on good land governance.
Op-Ed Blog | Satu Santala, Associate Vice-President, IFAD
René Adrian2022-09-07T16:02:04+02:00Donor coordination is a critical factor for successfully addressing the current food crisis. It is also important to IFAD’s mission, evidenced by our role as host of the Secretariat of the GDPRD, a network that brings donors together for strategic dialogue and collaboration on rural development and food systems.
Meet Our Members | Wilma van Esch, The Netherlands
Michelle Tang2022-09-06T12:33:40+02:00The COVID crisis and the situation in Ukraine clearly shows why reaching the SDG on improvement of food security is even more important than ever. We need to work on SDG2 together for a viable and sustainable food system worldwide.
IFAD Podcast | Tristan Armstrong, GDPRD Co-Chair
René Adrian2022-09-07T16:24:49+02:00What keeps me up at night? In terms of reducing the impact of agriculture on the planet, we can't wait for these things just to fix themselves, we need to take action. We need to take initiative and we need to work together to do that.