12 December 2025 | Hosted by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium
Investing in the Future of Agrifood Systems: New directions for development finance
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Background
The 2025 Annual General Assembly (AGA) which will take place on Friday 12 December 2025 on the European Commission premises in Brussels, Belgium.
The AGA is the Donor Platform’s flagship event, bringing together members, partners and experts to exchange knowledge, shape strategic priorities and collaborate on advancing sustainable agriculture and rural development.
This year, participants and panellists are invited to collectively reflect on and develop approaches to financing for food systems in this unpredictable global context, under the theme:
“Investing in the Future of Agrifood Systems: New Directions for Development Finance.”
Why You Should Attend
This year's AGA will build on the 2024 theme of “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges” and GDPRD’s June 2025 White Paper, “Financing Agrifood Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity”, which calls for a major scale-up in investments and fundamental changes in how donors, governments, IFIs, private investors, and agrifood firms align their efforts.
The GDPRD Secretariat and the European Commission look forward to welcoming you to the AGA 2025.
Whether you join us in person in Brussels or virtually from anywhere in the world, your participation and perspectives will be invaluable in shaping forward-looking approaches to development finance and rural development. Please register now to confirm your participation. For in-person attendance, kindly register before Friday, 5 December.
| Provisional agenda | |
|---|---|
| Friday 12 December 2025 | |
| Morning | Welcome and Opening Keynote Address: Prioritizing food systems despite the upheaval in development finance Scene Setting: Presentation of White Paper key messaging High-Level Panel Discussion: Evolving roles in a fragmented aid landscape Catalyzing Finance and Impact for Food Systems: Advancing catalytic financing strategies for donors and PDBs to scale systemic food systems transformation Interactive Panel Discussion with Q&A: Forward-thinking discussion on financing food systems in the face of crises and development budget reductions |
| Afternoon | Joint Thematic Session: Co-hosted by the Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment and the Global Donor Working Group on Land Implications of 2025 Global Events and Platforms: Discussion on the future of financing food systems, based on the AGA morning sessions and implications of global events Closing Session |
