Blog – CFS53 SIDE EVENT: Financing Agrifood Systems Transformation
Michelle Tang2025-12-31T10:15:01+01:00At CFS53, the GDPRD, FAO, and IFAD convened a high-level side event on the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations to address a critical question: how to mobilize and align investments to transform agrifood systems for a sustainable future.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Catalysing Finance and Impact for Food Systems
Michelle Tang2025-12-31T10:11:18+01:0012 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.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – High-Level Discussion Panel
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:15:04+01:00AGA 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.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Multilateral and geopolitical dynamics of agrifood systems financing and development
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:19:12+01:0012 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.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Thematic Session
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:16:47+01:0012 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.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Opening, Keynote, Scene Setting
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:15:32+01:0012 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.
Investing in Agrifood Systems: IFAD’s Federica Diamanti in conversation with the Donor Platform
Michelle Tang2025-12-03T09:11:54+01:00Why invest in agrifood systems now? In this interview, IFAD’s Federica Diamanti explains why financing food systems is an investment in prosperity, climate resilience, and stability — and why scaling it is more urgent than ever.
New Member IOFS on Building Stronger Food Systems through Collaboration
Michelle Tang2025-11-14T09:54:17+01:00In this interview, Abdula Manafi Mutualo, Chief Multilateral Relations Officer at the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), highlights IOFS’s mission and strategic priorities, its engagement with the Donor Platform, and its commitment to advancing inclusive and coordinated agrifood systems transformation.
Blog – CFS53 SIDE EVENT: Blended Finance and Impact Measurement in Agrifood Systems
Michelle Tang2025-11-12T15:03:36+01:00The 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.
