ILO Employment Policy Gateway
Michelle Tang2023-04-12T11:05:27+02:00The Knowledge platform on country-level employment policies and youth employment strategies Links This platform – the only one of its kind – serves as a
African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) Platform
Michelle Tang2023-04-12T11:07:23+02:00The African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) platform is an online community designed to enable networking, learning and sharing for individual young agripreneurs and rural youth organizations. It is is supported by FAO and was launched in August 2021 in collaboration
Ready to go digital? Assessing the digital readiness of young agripreneurs in East Africa
Michelle Tang2023-04-12T11:07:31+02:00Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)’s Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood systems carried out a digital readiness assessment of youth in agribusiness in partnership with the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation and youth-led organizations in
The emerging needs and opportunities for a coordinated donor response to food systems transformation in difficult times
Michelle Tang2024-01-25T13:04:26+01:00Key messages from a virtual seminar on 22 November 2022, the first of a new webinar series focused on enhancing donor coordination for food systems transformation.
Shifting paradigms and building resilience in the time of crisis
Michelle Tang2023-09-05T08:23:59+02:00Meet our GDPRD Board Member Sebastian Lesch of BMZ. What does it take to truly shift the paradigm on food systems? Why are short- and long-term responses important to tackling current and future global crises? Sebastian Lesch, newly appointed Head of Agriculture at BMZ, answers these difficult questions and more, and explains how Germany welcomes all hands on deck for collaborative donor action.
Podcast | Nadine Gbossa & Dede Ekoue
Michelle Tang2024-03-04T12:24:42+01:00In our fifth segment, the Platform talks to Nadine Gbossa, Director, Food Systems Coordination, IFAD; Chief, Means of Implementation, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, and Dede Ekoue, Country Director of Nigeria, IFAD.
Agriculture and rural development aid through the eyes of a Swedish climate-change scientist
Michelle Tang2023-09-05T08:24:34+02:00A conversation with GDPRD member Elisabeth Simelton, Senior Policy Specialist at Sida. Elisabeth’s scientific background, experience in the field and growing up on a farm imparts an on-the-ground perspective to donor funding in food security and transforming food systems. She shares concrete examples of what works and a future vision for our small-scale farmers and younger generation.
Mainstreaming youth in FAO’s Work Programme
Michelle Tang2023-04-12T11:08:12+02:00A central principle of the 2030 Agenda is the assurance that “no one will be left behind” and the universal nature of the 2030 Agenda entails that youth should be considered across all Goals and targets.
Creating opportunities for youth entrepreneurship – African Agribusiness Youth Strategy (AAYS) launched
Michelle Tang2022-11-09T10:27:18+01:00In the face of multiple crises, COVID-19, climate change, conflicts, youth bulge, and now the war in Ukraine, which is severely impacting the food security in Africa, it is more than ever urgent to create decent employment and income
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2022
Michelle Tang2022-12-19T15:50:54+01:00Leveraging agricultural automation for transforming agrifood systems: Flagship FAO report addresses concerns over job losses and inequality Links The 2022 edition of The State of Food and
USAID – Land And Conflict: A Toolkit for Intervention 2.0
Michelle Tang2022-10-31T18:44:23+01:00The purpose of this toolkit is to introduce readers to the complex relationship between land and violent conflict and to provide guidance on recommended approaches and actions to address some of the root causes of conflict. This understanding can
State of Blended Finance 2022
Michelle Tang2024-03-27T16:35:25+01:00This year’s edition of the State of Blended Finance by Convergence will feature a thematic focus, for the first time, on blended finance for climate. Links
