G7 2025 Leaders’ Summit – Canada
Michelle Tang2025-02-12T15:40:18+01:0015-17 June 2025 | Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada Links For the seventh time, Canada assumed the Presidency of the G7 from January 1 until December 31, 2025. The G7 group brings
Blended Finance for a Sustainable Future: One Acre Fund’s model for scaling change
Michelle Tang2025-02-10T11:41:51+01:00An interview with Tim Diphoorn, One Acre Fund, during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.
Transforming Food Systems in Fragile Contexts: Ines Rocha on innovation, investments, and partnerships
Michelle Tang2025-02-06T13:27:34+01:00An 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”.
UNESCO World Food Systems Chair Annual Symposium: African Food Systems
Michelle Tang2025-02-03T12:10:50+01:00The UNESCO Chair on World Food Systems Annual Symposium this year focuses on African food systems — their innovation, variety, food sovereignty, and the ways in which the agrifood sector responds to demographic, economic, climatic and health trends.
Creating Impact through Collaboration: The future of blended finance in food systems
Michelle Tang2025-02-03T10:50:26+01:00An interview with Agnes Johan, Rabo Partnerships, during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.
Exploring sustainable financing of land registration and land governance
Michelle Tang2025-01-31T16:50:43+01:00This webinar will explore sustainable financing mechanisms for land administration systems, including how these may be scaled successfully and balance financial viability with equitable access to land services.
Innovation and technology for achieving resilient and inclusive rural transformation
Michelle Tang2025-03-03T11:04:40+01:00This paper examines how shifts in innovation and technology can foster resilient, inclusive rural transformation, focusing on farming systems and value chains. It highlights opportunities for innovation to create rural jobs, improve smallholder livelihoods, combat malnutrition, and address climate impacts.
Sharing Donor Experiences for SDG2: Interview with new member GAFSP
Michelle Tang2025-04-02T16:13:38+02:00An 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.
Meet Genna Tesdall, new Co-Chair of GDPRD’s Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment
Michelle Tang2025-02-03T10:56:28+01:00Genna 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.
WEF: Global Risks Report 2025
Michelle Tang2025-03-03T11:06:29+01:00The 20th edition of the World Economic Forum's annual Global Risks Report shares findings from the 2024/25 Global Risks Perception Survey.
