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News & Views

The food price crisis and global food security

Part of the chart: Food commodity prices

What are the issues? What is happening now? And, what else has to happen? More…

Accra Agenda for Action endorsed

The 3rd High Level Forum endorsed the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) on September 4, 2008. More…

Agriculture & Climate Change

YARD – Young Ambassadors for Rural Development

'Agriculture in the run-up to COP15'

Leading agriculture, development and climate change stakeholders discussed key opportunities and challenges for advancing agriculture in a global climate change deal at a joint Platform-European Commission event on June 25. They agreed on a roadmap of action in the lead up to Copenhagen and beyond. More…

Annotated Bibliography

A one-stop shop for key policy documents, research papers and other scientific literature on adaptation and mitigation measures, financing mechanisms and better practice related to the nexus between agriculture and rural development and climate change. More…

Selected Facts & Figures

Part of the chart: Projected agriculture in 2080 due to climate change

Key graphs, charts, maps and quotes illustrating the impacts of climate change on food security, agricultural productivity, poverty, and the mitigation potential of agriculture. More…

Platform Speaking

Straight talk about the challenges of building better livelihoods in poor countries in the Platform Speaking series.

African-owned and African-driven

Richard Mkandawire, CAADP

Though progress has been slow, CAADP means thinking on African development must be done within Africa, says NEPAD’s Prof. Richard Mkandawire.
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The rural poor must participate

Saronjini V. Rengam, PAN AP

Agrarian policies and reforms must be formulated and implemented with genuine participation of rural stakeholders.
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World Bank's response to food price crisis

Mark Cackler, World Bank

A 1.2 USD billion facility has been created to finance short-term and medium-term measures against the global food price crisis.
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Publications

Platform papers, studies and policy briefs on our Platform Publication Page

Global Donor Platform Annual Report 2008

An account of the Platform's achievements and the support given by its particular member organisations to ARD in 2008.
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Joint Donor Principles for ARD Programmes, 2009

The Paris Declaration and Accra Action Agenda principles adjusted to the ARD sector.
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Platform Strategic Plan 2009-11, 2009

Cover of Platform Strategic Plan 2009-11 PDF

Objective, outputs, governance and implementation arrangements of the Platform 2009 to 2011.
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Tracking results in ARD in less-than-ideal conditions – A sourcebook of indicators for M&E, 2008

Results-based indicators and approaches for monitoring and evaluating ARD programmes.
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Tools & Knowledge

Joint Donor Principles in ARD

Paris Declaration and Accra Action Agenda principles adjusted to ARD

Platform Policy Briefs

Sharing knowledge on ARD issues of significant global importance

Joint Donor Concept on Rural Development

Donor consensus on drivers, principles and approaches to rural aid delivery

CAADP

Background, implementation and who’s who in the CAADP process

World Development Report 2008

Best practices in ARD collected for WDR 2008 'Agriculture for Development'

Platform Studies

Taking a closer look at SWAps, PRSPs, CSOs and ARD indicators

Upcoming Events

Global Conference on Global Warming 2009
Sun, Jul 5th, 2009

The Politics of Climate Change
Mon, Jul 6th, 2009

G8 Summit
Wed, Jul 8th, 2009

Further News

Platform event on Land and Development

In recent years, issues of access to land and natural resources have been of growing concern to developing country governments and donors. Land tenure is at the heart of a num...
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Platform / EC event on agriculture and climate change

On June 25, the Platform and European Commission Directorate-General for Development jontly hosted a multi-stakeholder event on Agriculture and Climate Change: Advan...
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EU adopts second tranche Food Facility decision

The European Commission has adopted a €394 million package of projects to support agriculture and food security in developing countries. ...
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World Bank Global Monitoring Report urges investment in agriculture

The report cautions that without “strong and urgent” actions, progress made toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be seriously undermined...
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EU 1 Billion Food Facility starts off

The European Commission adopts overall plan and first implementation decision. ...
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