GDPRD Publications

The latest publications by international research organisations, civil society and academia, but also by Platform members, partners and the secretariat.

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    Key messages on what drives donor commitments when reshaping food systems financing in a crisis and post-crisis environment

    Key messages from a virtual roundtable “Reshaping Food Systems Financing in a Crisis and Post-Crisis Environment: Driving Donors’ Commitments” on 29 September, 2022. Co-organized by the GDPRD with IFAD and the European Commission, in collaboration with the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub.

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  • Global Food 50/50 2022 Report

    Gender inequalities are woven through food systems, and contribute to unjust food production, access and consumption. Globally, the gap between men’s and women’s hunger has widened with food insecurity now affecting 150 million more women than men.

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  • 2022 Annual General Assembly meeting highlights: Working together to transform food systems

    A short report that captures the highlights from the 2022 Annual General Assembly through quotes, key messages and brief summaries of the action-packed two days.

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  • Human Development Report 2021/22

    Human Development Report 2021-22 Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World Links The report is the third and final

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  • 2022 Goalkeepers Report

    Gender inequalities are woven through food systems, and contribute to unjust food production, access and consumption. Globally, the gap between men’s and women’s hunger has widened with food insecurity now affecting 150 million more women than men.

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  • Fixing Our Food: Debunking 10 myths about the global food system and what drives hunger

    Oxfam Briefing Paper This paper debunks 10 myths about our food system and provides an alternative framing that will lead to better outcomes for the long term. Links

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  • AGA 2022 Interviews: Johan Swinnen (CGIAR)

    Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy. Five experts talk about national pathways for food systems transformation, the current global food crisis response, and what they want

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  • AGA 2022 Interviews: Ayodeji Balogun (AFEX Commodities Exchange)

    Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy. Five experts talk about national pathways for food systems transformation, the current global food crisis response, and what they want

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  • AGA 2022 Interviews: Stefanos Fotiou (UN Food Systems Coordination Hub)

    Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy. Five experts talk about national pathways for food systems transformation, the current global food crisis response, and what they want

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  • AGA 2022 Interviews: Claudia Sadoff (CGIAR)

    Five interviews from leading voices in the future of food systems, with messages for our youth and small-scale farmers.

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  • IFAD Annual Report 2021

    2021 was an eventful year for the Platform, both at an operational level within the Secretariat and with external engagement. The Platform created a new Strategic Plan for the 2021–2025 period and a results-based work plan for the year.

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  • Responding to the Global Food Price Crisis – Emerging Initiatives

    Global food prices are at an all-time high. Equally alarmingly is the skyrocketing price of fertilizers, which risks farmers using less in the coming season and escalating the crises due to reduced crop yields.

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  • Addressing the Impacts of the War in Ukraine on 3F (Food, Fuel, Fertilizer) Prices for Rural Small-Scale Producers

    The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) co-organized a virtual round table with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Commission (EC) on “Addressing the Impacts of the War in Ukraine on

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  • Transforming Food Systems: Directions for Enhancing the Catalytic Role of Donors

    In April 2022, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development released a white paper to provide global donors with options to transform our food systems, to make them more resilient and sustainable. Global donors have a critical leveraging role in catalysing food systems change and this paper attempts to provide clear directions, under seven action areas to focus their attention and efforts.

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  • Podcast | Tristan Armstrong

    In our first segment, we hear from our Platform Co-Chair Tristan Armstrong, who is Senior Sector Specialist of Agricultural Development and Food Security, at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia. Tristan shares his first-hand experience on the impacts of climate change in the Pacific Islands and at home in Canberra, and the Platform as a unique space for key donors to advocate for collective action in the food security agenda.

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  • Global Donor Platform Annual Report 2021

    2021 was an eventful year for the Platform, both at an operational level within the Secretariat and with external engagement. The Platform created a new Strategic Plan for the 2021–2025 period and a results-based work plan for the year.

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