The report highlights the urgent need to strengthen food system resilience in the face of growing environmental, political and economic challenges. It offers focused, action-oriented policy recommendations to help build food systems that can withstand future shocks and stresses.
Explore the updated OECD DAC Blended Finance Guidance, a practical tool to scale high-quality blended finance and mobilize private investment for sustainable development.
Learn how Norway is advancing food systems transformation through agri-SME finance, donor collaboration, and partnerships like the Financing for Agri-SMEs in Africa (FASA). He also highlights the GDPRD’s role in setting shared standards through its Thematic Working Group on Sustainable/Blended Finance.
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UNDP is working with over 170 countries and territories for a better future. This report highlights UNDP’s progress under the Strategic Plan (2022 to 2025), showing how partnerships are driving real-world results.
Equitable public and private financing is crucial for building resilient and sustainable food systems. The 2024 Annual Report by the the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), highlights the transformative impacts of these investments on food systems across developing countries like Honduras, Zambia and Cambodia.
Tim Diphoorn, European Director of Business Development at One Acre Fund, shares why we need to think differently about funding in rural development.
In March 2025, the Donor Platform launched a new High-Level Advisory Group to guide the development of a White Paper on financing food systems and rural development. The global community needs a new financing model that aligns public and private capital, leverages innovation and positions agrifood systems at the centre of sustainable development.
Genna Tesdall, Director of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), shares her own experiences leading a global, youth-led organization.
Sebastian Pedraza is the Latin America Country Coordinator of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and the Chair of the YPARD Board. He shares his experiences both growing up in a rural environment and now working with rural youth to give them opportunities and a voice in their futures.
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