OECD: OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2025 Issue 2
Michelle Tang2026-01-09T10:33:46+01:00Global growth remains resilient, but the OECD warns of deepening vulnerabilities across labour markets, finance, and public debt.
Blog – CFS53 SIDE EVENT: Financing Agrifood Systems Transformation
Michelle Tang2025-12-31T10:15:01+01:00At CFS53, the GDPRD, FAO, and IFAD convened a high-level side event on the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations to address a critical question: how to mobilize and align investments to transform agrifood systems for a sustainable future.
Investing in Agrifood Systems: IFAD’s Federica Diamanti in conversation with the Donor Platform
Michelle Tang2025-12-03T09:11:54+01:00Why invest in agrifood systems now? In this interview, IFAD’s Federica Diamanti explains why financing food systems is an investment in prosperity, climate resilience, and stability — and why scaling it is more urgent than ever.
New Member IOFS on Building Stronger Food Systems through Collaboration
Michelle Tang2025-11-14T09:54:17+01:00In this interview, Abdula Manafi Mutualo, Chief Multilateral Relations Officer at the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), highlights IOFS’s mission and strategic priorities, its engagement with the Donor Platform, and its commitment to advancing inclusive and coordinated agrifood systems transformation.
The State of Food and Agriculture 2025
Michelle Tang2025-11-04T09:28:36+01:00The report explores how human-induced land degradation impacts farms of all sizes and global food production. It highlights the role of landholding scale in shaping sustainable land management and the policies needed to prevent, reduce, and reverse degradation.
Investing in the Future of Food and Agriculture: How systems approaches can unlock impact
Michelle Tang2025-10-07T11:05:30+02:00In this interview, Corinna Hawkes, Director of Agrifood Systems and Food Safety at the FAO, highlights the urgent need and opportunity for donors to adopt systems-based approaches that can lead to real, lasting change in agrifood systems.
Norway’s Evolving Role in Donor Collaboration and Food Systems Finance: A Conversation with Norad’s Anders Aabo
Michelle Tang2025-09-19T10:31:01+02:00Learn how Norway is advancing food systems transformation through agri-SME finance, donor collaboration, and partnerships like the Financing for Agri-SMEs in Africa (FASA). He also highlights the GDPRD’s role in setting shared standards through its Thematic Working Group on Sustainable/Blended Finance.
Special Event on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025
Michelle Tang2025-07-25T09:31:09+02:0022 July 2025 | 10:00 to 12:00 EDT | Hybrid. FAO and its co-publishing partners will hold a Special Event dedicated to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report on the margins of the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) and preceding the report’s launch on 28 July 2025.
53rd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 53)
Michelle Tang2025-10-27T08:26:31+01:00The 53rd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 53) will take place at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 24 October 2025.
The Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security: An interview with Conrad Rein
Michelle Tang2025-05-05T16:13:25+02:00Conrad Rein discusses the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security, focusing on scaling solutions, public-private partnerships, and empowering small-scale farmers to address global hunger. The Initiative is hosted by The Crop Trust, a member of the Donor Platform since April 2025.
