UNFCCC COP28
Alessandro Cordova2023-09-14T15:49:03+02:00COP28 UAE will be a milestone moment when the world will take stock of its progress on the Paris Agreement.
51st plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 51)
Alessandro Cordova2023-09-29T10:33:08+02:00The 51st plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 51) will take place between 23 and 27 October 2023 in a hybrid format in Rome, Italy.
78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78)
Alessandro Cordova2023-09-14T15:50:36+02:00The theme of the General Assembly’s 78th session will be ‘Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all’.
United Nations SDG Summit 2023
Alessandro Cordova2023-09-14T15:51:06+02:00The 2023 SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York.
Africa Food Systems Forum 2023
Alessandro Cordova2023-09-14T15:51:37+02:00Africa’s Food Systems Forum 2023 Summit’s theme, “Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation,” focuses on building back better food systems and food sovereignty with youth and women at the center.
SAFIN at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023 Summit
Alessandro Cordova2023-09-14T15:52:27+02:00The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) will attend the AGRF 2023 to highlight the SME finance agenda alongside Heads of State, Ministers, youth, agribusinesses and agricultural experts.
CGIAR – Creating more and better employment in agrifood systems
Alessandro Cordova2023-11-03T10:09:34+01:00The One CGIAR Research Initiative on “Rethinking Food Markets and Value Chains for Inclusion and Sustainability” commissioned a meta-study to review the available evidence and to identify knowledge gaps regarding the impacts on employment in agrifood value chains (AVC)
The Human Costs of the Food Crisis: How Price Spikes are Wreaking Havoc Across the Globe
Sierra Berardelli2023-11-03T10:09:53+01:00The cost of food, fuel, and fertilizer in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities is continuing to escalate to crisis levels since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with families spending up to ten times what they paid almost 16
Podcast | Jo Puri
Sierra Berardelli2024-03-04T12:16:16+01:00In our latest segment, GDPRD Secretariat Coordinator Maurizio Navarra interviews Jo Puri, Associate Vice-President of Strategy and Knowledge Department at IFAD. Jo highlights the ethical imperative of using good data to inform decisions, emphasizing its role in understanding trade-offs and optimizing investments.
Podcast | Nikita Eriksen-Hamel
Sierra Berardelli2024-03-04T12:21:34+01:00Nikita Eriksen-Hamel, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Food Systems for Global Affairs Canada, details the importance of a farming system that is both sustainable and capable of keeping up with our population growth. He highlights the need for donors to keep small-scale farmers in mind, as they are key to the wider development landscape. Nikita has been active in the Global Donor Platform for many years, and joins us from Ottawa, Canada.
