The GDPRD and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate have undertaken an enquiry on how to make donors and public funds more catalytic for food systems through innovative financing approaches.

The investigation included a series of interviews which explored how donors, philanthropic organizations, public funds and blended capital funds can make their funding effective and act as an incentive for achieving SDG 2. The findings and recommendations of the enquiry was presented during the GDPRD Annual General Assembly 2023, at the High-Level Session on Sustainable Finance: Making Donor Funding More Catalytic.

The core message of the enquiry indicates that if donors and development banks take higher risks with their grants and lending, every donor dollar has the potential to generate four dollars in commercial finance. When this happens, agri-food small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will have more financing, domestic lenders will participate, and markets will have more liquidity. This is the catalytic power of aid.

The consultative draft from the enquiry “Unleashing the catalytic power of donor financing to achieve SDG2” is now open for comment. Email your feedback to the Shamba Centre directly at info@shambacentre.org. The consultation is open for three weeks until 30 November 2023.

To learn more about the call for comment, read the article by Oshani Perera on the Shamba Centre website.

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Finance Workstream Activities

An interview with Ines Rocha, International Finance Corporation (IFC), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.

An interview with Agnes Johan, Rabo Partnerships, during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.

An interview with Natasha Hayward, The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”. GAFSP joined the Donor Platform as a new member in November 2024.

Genna Tesdall shares her vision for empowering youth through cross-sector collaboration. She discusses how the working group provides an ideal platform for this and highlights YPARD’s role in amplifying youth voices, promoting inclusive financing, and enhancing youth engagement in development programs.

An interview with Troels Mahieu-Sorensen, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”. UNDP joined the Donor Platform as a new member in October 2024.

Co-Chairs Bruce Campbell (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC) and Federica de Gaetano (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, AICS) are featured in the Devex 2024 Global Voices list, for their opinion piece on “How blended finance can catalyse private capital for agriculture”, originally published on 1 October 2024.

A new IFAD report outlines findings from 14 sample private sector engagement programmes across the Near East, North Africa and Europe region.

New report on the impact of migration, migrant remittances and diaspora finance on climate resilience in countries of origin from IFAD's Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR).

An interview with the Academic Advisor of the Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Sabine Desczka of Wageningen University and Research.

An interview with the Co-Chairs of the new GDPRD Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Tuleen Alkhoffash of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Songbae Lee of the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

An interview with Ines Rocha, International Finance Corporation (IFC), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.

An interview with Agnes Johan, Rabo Partnerships, during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.

An interview with Natasha Hayward, The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”. GAFSP joined the Donor Platform as a new member in November 2024.

Genna Tesdall shares her vision for empowering youth through cross-sector collaboration. She discusses how the working group provides an ideal platform for this and highlights YPARD’s role in amplifying youth voices, promoting inclusive financing, and enhancing youth engagement in development programs.

An interview with Troels Mahieu-Sorensen, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”. UNDP joined the Donor Platform as a new member in October 2024.

Co-Chairs Bruce Campbell (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC) and Federica de Gaetano (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, AICS) are featured in the Devex 2024 Global Voices list, for their opinion piece on “How blended finance can catalyse private capital for agriculture”, originally published on 1 October 2024.

A new IFAD report outlines findings from 14 sample private sector engagement programmes across the Near East, North Africa and Europe region.

New report on the impact of migration, migrant remittances and diaspora finance on climate resilience in countries of origin from IFAD's Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR).

An interview with the Academic Advisor of the Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Sabine Desczka of Wageningen University and Research.

An interview with the Co-Chairs of the new GDPRD Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Tuleen Alkhoffash of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Songbae Lee of the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.

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Secretariat Communications at the
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