New Donor Platform Co-Chair for the Term 2024-26
Michelle Tang2024-07-09T16:47:55+02:00The GDPRD Secretariat is pleased to introduce Federica de Gaetano of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) as our new Co-Chair effective 29 May 2024. She joins Bruce Campbell of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in chairing the Donor Platform Board.
Unleashing the Catalytic Power of Donor Financing to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: Technical note
Michelle Tang2024-07-25T11:28:31+02:00This technical note presents the detailed research, findings and recommendations from the enquiry into sustainable finance in agrifood systems conducted in 2023 by the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate in collaboration with members of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD). This accompanies the summary report released in March 2024, Unleashing the Catalytic Power of Donor Financing to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2.
Global food policy report 2024: Food systems for healthy diets and nutrition
Michelle Tang2024-05-29T10:44:57+02:00A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) tackles the pressing issue of achieving healthy diets for all in a sustainable way. The 2024 Global Food Policy Report highlights the challenges of malnutrition and diet-related diseases, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Blog – Combatting hunger and poverty through rural youth employment
Michelle Tang2024-05-27T16:16:40+02:00Key messages from the webinar “Combatting hunger and poverty through rural youth employment” jointly organized by OECD and BMZ on 13 May 2024. The event was an opportunity to reflect on the efforts made by G20 countries and international organizations as well as the civil society to spur job creation for rural youth and discuss best ways forward.
Feeding the future: Policy pathways to resilient food systems
Michelle Tang2024-05-24T15:00:14+02:00Interview with Lee Ann Jackson, Head of the Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She provides an overview of the OECD’s role in providing data and policy recommendations to governments for informed decisions. Food systems and agricultural trade are an important focus of her work.
SAFIN: 2023 Annual Report
Michelle Tang2024-05-07T10:46:32+02:00The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) presents its 2023 Annual Progress Report. This report highlights the network's achievements over the past year, showcasing its role in fostering knowledge-sharing, advocacy and collaboration within the inclusive agri-SME finance space.
Convergence: State of Blended Finance 2024
Michelle Tang2024-05-20T12:20:16+02:00Convergence's State of Blended Finance reports focus on mobilizing private investment in emerging markets. This April 2024 edition marks a new annual two-report cycle, with the first report providing an analysis of the entire blended finance market.
Blog – Agro-food Jobs for Youth in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Sierra Berardelli2024-04-25T11:28:18+02:00Key messages from the webinar Agro-food Jobs for Youth in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia of the Thematic Working Group on Rural Youth Employment.
2024 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC)
Sierra Berardelli2024-05-14T11:06:08+02:00The GRFC is the reference document for a comprehensive analysis of global, regional and country-level acute food insecurity. The result of a collaborative effort among 16 partners, the report aims to inform humanitarian and development action by providing independent and consensus-based evidence and analysis.
Land Projects and Programmes Database
Sierra Berardelli2024-04-19T16:10:18+02:00In continued efforts to improve access to data and information on land governance issues, the Global Donor Working Group on Land and the Land Portal Foundation have updated the Land Projects and Programmes Database, now containing 3871 projects.
Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024
Sierra Berardelli2024-04-16T10:05:54+02:00The 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing for Development at a Crossroads finds that financing challenges are at the heart of the crisis and imperil the SDGs and climate action. The window to rescue the SDGs and prevent a climate catastrophe is still open but closing rapidly.
Podcast | Andrea Zinn, Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF) and Aceli Americas
Michelle Tang2024-04-15T10:02:20+02:00In our latest segment, Andrea Zinn, Director at Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF) and Senior Manager at Aceli Americas, Aceli Africa, talks about ways to amplify donor funding for agricultural development and why donor coordination with the private sector is so important to reach the missing middle.
