Who we are

A network of more than 40 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations, foundations, and development agencies. Set up in 2003 following the first High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in 2002, it brings together donors that believe the best way to tackle global poverty and hunger is to develop agriculture, reshape food systems, and invest in rural communities.

Who we are

A network of more than 40 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations, foundations, and development agencies. Set up in 2003 following the first High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in 2002, the Donor Platform brings together donors that believe the best way to tackle global poverty and hunger is to develop agriculture, reshape food systems, and invest in rural communities.

VISION

Donors effectively catalyse change.

MISSION

Brokering donor collaboration for impact.

Donor investments enable transformation of food systems for better access to safe and nutritious food, improved environmental sustainability and more prosperous rural communities.

The Platform brokers donor collaboration to enhance the impact of their policies, investments and programmes on food systems and rural development.

VISION

Donors effectively catalyse change.

Donor investments enable transformation of food systems for better access to safe and nutritious food, improved environmental sustainability and more prosperous rural communities.

MISSION

Brokering donor collaboration for impact.

The Platform brokers donor collaboration to enhance the impact of their policies, investments and programmes on food systems and rural development.

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Platform Structure and Members

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CO-CHAIRS

Two Co-Chairs are elected ad personam by the Board members, and serve as chairs of the Board.

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BOARD MEMBERS

The Platform has a Board, its main decision-making body, which comprises the focal points of all Platform members who pay an annual membership fee.

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MEMBERS

Platform members comprise of influential bilateral and multilateral development agencies, international financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations and foundations.

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STAFF

The Secretariat, hosted at IFAD, is the management unit of the Platform and supports the implementation of the annual work programme.

Learn more

Platform Structure and Members

0
CO-CHAIRS

Two Co-Chairs are elected ad personam by the Board members, and serve as chairs of the Board.

0
BOARD MEMBERS

The Platform has a Board, its main decision-making body, which comprises the focal points of all Platform members who pay an annual membership fee.

0
MEMBERS

Platform members comprise of influential bilateral and multilateral development agencies, international financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations and foundations.

0
STAFF

The Secretariat, hosted at IFAD, is the management unit of the Platform and supports the implementation of the annual work programme.

Learn more

How We Work Together

Platform Structure infographic

Platform Secretariat Co-Chairs Board Members Thematic Working Groups

Meet Our Members and Partners

Bruce Campbell, Switzerland

We have to be careful we do not gamble with people’s livelihoods. Food system transformation has to be taken in incremental steps with positive proofs of concept rather than through ideology.

Bruce Campbell, Switzerland

We have to be careful we do not gamble with people’s livelihoods. Food system transformation has to be taken in incremental steps with positive proofs of concept rather than through ideology.

H.E. Jeanine M. Cooper, Republic of Liberia

Impact … is not felt at the level of beautiful documents that are shared, but in how you move the needle and shift the reality of the lives of rural people and all of the people in the food systems.

H.E. Jeanine M. Cooper, Republic of Liberia

Impact … is not felt at the level of beautiful documents that are shared, but in how you move the needle and shift the reality of the lives of rural people and all of the people in the food systems.

Lee Ann Jackson, OECD

What’s shifted over the years is the recognition that to change agriculture and food, you must adopt a food systems approach. We’re asking the sector to feed the world. It must be environmentally sustainable and ensure livelihoods for all food systems actors.

Lee Ann Jackson, OECD

What’s shifted over the years is the recognition that to change agriculture and food, you must adopt a food systems approach. We’re asking the sector to feed the world. It must be environmentally sustainable and ensure livelihoods for all food systems actors.

Federica De Gaetano, Italy

The Donor Platform’s commitment to information sharing and member updates has contributed to a significant level of alignment and cooperation on rural development and food security issues.

Federica De Gaetano, Italy

The Donor Platform’s commitment to information sharing and member updates has contributed to a significant level of alignment and cooperation on rural development and food security issues.

Ron Hartman, IFAD

We need to find ways of building resilience because we can’t afford, as a global community, a continued sort of humanitarian and emergency support. We try and catalyse our investments to influence policy to have an even greater impact on promoting sustainable food system transformation.

Ron Hartman, IFAD

We need to find ways of building resilience because we can’t afford, as a global community, a continued sort of humanitarian and emergency support. We try and catalyse our investments to influence policy to have an even greater impact on promoting sustainable food system transformation.

Elisabeth Simelton, Sida

We are now concentrated on solving the immediate crises, but there will be another crisis coming. It is important to maintain a long-term perspective and also deal with the root causes to hunger and malnutrition.

Elisabeth Simelton, Sida

We are now concentrated on solving the immediate crises, but there will be another crisis coming. It is important to maintain a long-term perspective and also deal with the root causes to hunger and malnutrition.

Máximo Torero, FAO

If I can produce a harvest, I can feed the household and community for the whole year whereas cash transfers or food delivery will only be for one day.

Máximo Torero, FAO

If I can produce a harvest, I can feed the household and community for the whole year whereas cash transfers or food delivery will only be for one day.

A common commitment

Platform members share a vision for the realization of SDG 2 (zero hunger) and recognize the constructive and effective role that donors can play in supporting and enabling food systems transformation – one that secures better access to safe and nutritious food while ensuring environmental sustainability to safeguard the food security, health, well-being and livelihoods of rural communities.

Its mission statement reflects the key role of investments in food systems and rural development, as well as the critical role of the Platform and its members in ensuring that food systems and rural development issues remain a high priority for donors, governments and other key actors.

Platform members share a vision for the realization of SDG 2 (zero hunger) and recognize the constructive and effective role that donors can play in supporting and enabling food systems transformation – one that secures better access to safe and nutritious food while ensuring environmental sustainability to safeguard the food security, health, well-being and livelihoods of rural communities.

Its mission statement reflects the key role of investments in food systems and rural development, as well as the critical role of the Platform and its members in ensuring that food systems and rural development issues remain a high priority for donors, governments and other key actors.

A common commitment

Platform members share a vision for the realization of SDG 2 (zero hunger) and recognize the constructive and effective role that donors can play in supporting and enabling food systems transformation – one that secures better access to safe and nutritious food while ensuring environmental sustainability to safeguard the food security, health, well-being and livelihoods of rural communities.

Its mission statement reflects the key role of investments in food systems and rural development, as well as the critical role of the Platform and its members in ensuring that food systems and rural development issues remain a high priority for donors, governments and other key actors.

GDPRD Documents

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