Events

5 September 2024 | 16:00-18:30 CET | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London and on Zoom. How to deliver impact at scale, reach smallholder farmers and build the next generation of competitive African agribusinesses. Chris Isaac, AgDevCo’s Chief Investment Officer and co-founder, will be delivering the 41st Ralph Melville Lecture in association with The Tropical Agriculture Association International (TAAI).

7–18 October 2024 | An online course offered by ILO’s International Training Centre to provide an in-depth understanding of the context of rural employment in developing countries, outlining the challenges faced by rural youth, and young women in particular. It will explore the various policy elements and intervention approaches that are needed to support rural youths.

24 July 2024 | 14:00 CEST / 9:00 GMT-3 | Webcast from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The UN's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report will be launched in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at a special event on the margins of the G20 Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty Task Force Ministerial Meeting. The SOFI 2024 theme is "Financing to End Hunger, Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in All its Forms.

The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches. The first seminar will provide an overview of the main concepts and terms, current architecture and emerging issues in development finance.