Platform topic: Sustainable/blended finance for food systems
The Committee on World Food Security will convene its fifty-second plenary session (CFS52) from 21 to 25 October 2024 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy in a hybrid format. Session I will start on Monday at 9:30 CEST in the Plenary Hall.
What are some innovative and cross-sector ideas with the potential to make a difference in food systems financing? Read the summary blog of the webinar "Financing Food and Rural Development" on 26 September 2024 and co-hosted by the Donor Platform and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate.
The GDPRD Secretariat is pleased to announce its latest working group dedicated to sustainable and blended finance for food systems. We are delighted to introduce the Co-Chairs of this new working group, Tuleen Alkhoffash of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Songbae Lee of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). They will guide the group for the two-year term (2024-2026).
This year's Annual General Assembly will take place on 26-27 November 2024, under the theme "Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges". We will examine how the international community is rethinking the use of limited Official Development Assistance (ODA) donor resources in food and nutrition. This includes exploring innovative financing, better coordination of donor approaches, and stronger harmonization of stakeholder engagement.
This International Growth Centre (IGC) evidence review maps the existing body of practitioner and academic evidence on lending to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises in developing economies and identifies research and learning priorities to fill key gaps.
26 September 2024 | 15:00-17:00 CET | ZOOM. The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches. The second seminar will present and discuss the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report 2024 and implications for donors and development partners
5 September 2024 | 16:00-18:30 CET | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London and on Zoom. How to deliver impact at scale, reach smallholder farmers and build the next generation of competitive African agribusinesses. Chris Isaac, AgDevCo’s Chief Investment Officer and co-founder, will be delivering the 41st Ralph Melville Lecture in association with The Tropical Agriculture Association International (TAAI).
This year's report is focused on financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. A definition of financing for food security and nutrition and guidance is provided with recommendations regarding the efficient use of innovative financing tools and reforms to the food security and nutrition financing architecture.
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