The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) releases its 2024 Annual General Assembly (AGA) report, titled Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges. The emerging messages are especially significant in light of the rapidly evolving donor environment, and underscore the urgent need to rethink the financing agenda for 2025 and beyond.
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The Agroecology Investment Guide provides comprehensive evidence and information on investing in enterprises that operate in line with the 13 principles of agroecology. The guide presents key evidence on the social and environmental impact of agroecological enterprises (AEEs) and showcases innovative funding models to support the holistic approaches of AEEs, with the ultimate goal of shifting towards healthy, just, and resilient food systems.
By Daphne Ewing-Chow, Senior Contributor, Forbes. Now is the time to reimagine foreign aid in a changing world and explore the pressing need for smarter, more adaptive foreign aid solutions, particularly in the face of rising global hunger and malnutrition.
Report calling for a "common commitment" to reimagine global governance for food security. The GDPRD is included in the report’s recommendation to engage the private sector for more resilient and healthier food economies. See page 46.
Project brief for the Global Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS), which aimed to strengthen capacity of agricultural statistical systems in developing countries.
This brief is a review of experimental evidence focused on the impacts of finance access on farmers’ investments and how it can enable investments in farms and businesses.
Note on the priority areas of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group under the South African Presidency.
States of Fragility 2025 marks 25 years of the OECD’s work on fragility. This year's report explores how multidimensional fragility lies at the heart of geopolitical shifts that are disrupting long-standing global power balances.
An interview with Sebastian Pedraza, Chair of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) Board, during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.
An interview with Jenice Achieng, Owner, Agnesa Bakery; Country Representative, YPARD Kenya, and Moreen Nyakato, CEO, Greeco Organic Farm, Uganda, during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”.
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