INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS

The latest interviews and podcasts on issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.

INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS

The latest interviews and podcasts on issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.

  • 18 January 2024

    Andrea Zinn is the Director of the Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF) and the Senior Manager of Aceli Americas, providing advisory on adapting the Aceli Africa incentive model to mobilize private capital to agri-SMEs in Latin America. This interview is an opportunity for speakers from the 2023 Annual General Assembly to reflect on two decades of rural development and aid effectiveness.

  • 28 February 2023

    In our seventh segment, the Platform interviews Ron Hartman, Director of Global Engagement, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization at IFAD. Ron talks about the ever-changing donor landscape, and why 2023 is a significant moment not only for IFAD but also for our most vulnerable rural populations facing food insecurity. 

  • 16 February 2023

    Agriculture and food security remain high on Switzerland’s development priorities. Cooperation is key to balancing emergency assistance with building long-term resilience, both crucial to ensure people’s livelihoods are never at stake. Meet our GDPRD Board member Bruce Campbell of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

  • 27 December 2022

    "Putting our Money Where our Mouth is" has an impressive line-up of influential voices, starting with IFAD's new President Alvaro Lario and Associate Vice-President Satu Santala, Platform Co-Chairs Tristan Armstrong, Conrad Rein and Secretariat Coordinator Maurizio Navarra, and Willem Olthof, Ammad Bahalim and Carin Smaller.