On 15 June 2022, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development convened a high-level panel from the international community to discuss building consensus and coordination on global crisis response initiatives. This article provides an overview of the group's key messages, a round-up of the emerging response mechanisms plus useful resources for reference.
14-15 JUNE 2022 | IFAD HQ ROME | HYBRID EVENT
The 2022 Annual General Assembly (AGA) was an engaging two days of in-person and virtual participation, entirely dedicated to “Implementing National Pathways for Food Systems Transformation to Accelerate Progress Towards the SDGs in Times of Crisis and Conflict”. The special session "Building Consensus and Coordination on the Current Global Crisis Response Initiatives: The Potential Role of Donors and the GDPRD" was a key moment for a high-level panel conversation on how to align mechanisms, risk assessments, and the role of donor architecture for coordination.
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) co-organized a virtual round table with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Commission (EC) on “Addressing the Impacts of the War in Ukraine on 3F (Food, Fuel, Fertilizer) Prices for Rural Small-Scale Producers” on 20 May, 2022.
An in-depth conversation with Máximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist
Máximo talks at length with Jim Woodhill on how our current food price crisis differs from previous crises and why strengthening our food systems resilience is important for both people and planet. We also got to hear about his fascinating career and range of experiences.
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) released a white paper to provide global donors with a menu of options to transform our food systems, to make them more resilient and sustainable.
Donors have a critical leveraging role in catalysing food systems change. This paper attempts to provide clear directions under seven action areas to focus their attention and efforts. Based on the work and findings of the Platform over the last two years, the paper offers a set of responses and priorities for donor engagement and a menu of options for future donor commitments.
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The Platform provides a discussion forum for programmatic and institutional innovations and donor priorities in line with the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2021. Year in Review: Catalysing Systemic Change for Rural Development and Food Systems Transformation
2021 was an eventful year for the Platform, at an operational level within the Secretariat and with external engagement, and a new Strategic Plan and a results-based work plan.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021/22. Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World
The report is the third and final instalment in a trilogy, following the 2019 report on inequalities and the 2020 report on the risks of the Anthropocene.
IFAD’S RURAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021
IFAD launched its flagship publication The Rural Development Report (RDR) 2021 in September, on “Transforming food systems for rural prosperity”. This year’s edition of the RDR emphasizes the inextricable link between food systems transformation and efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty.
PLATFORM STRATEGIC PLAN 2021–2025
The new Platform Strategic Plan 2021–2025 situates the work of the Platform across the domains of food systems, food and nutrition security, agriculture and rural livelihoods. It recognizes the Platform’s particular focus and orientation towards SDG 2 and the intersection with other SDGs.
REPORT ON DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO FOOD SYSTEMS
This GDPRD stocktaking report provides a mapping of the patterns and scale of food systems-related funding and an assessment of the extent donors are embracing a food system framing and aligning their investments to the UN Food Systems Summit Action Tracks.
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
This year’s report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. We are now only eight years away from 2030, but the distance to reach many of the SDG 2 targets is growing wider each year.
LAND TENURE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
This policy document on land tenure and sustainable agri-food systems is a collaboration between the ILC, FAO and GLTN, with support from the GDPRD. The report stresses the critical importance of land access and land tenure for more sustainable agri-food production and consumption systems.
FOREIGN MINISTRY OF FINLAND: REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXTENDING ACROSS PARLIAMENTARY TERMS
The Report on Development Policy sets out the activities and objectives for Finland’s development policy and development cooperation.