COVID-19 [ID: 512]

COVID-19

As international organisations turn their attention to addressing the impacts of the corona virus pandemic on food security and nutrition in the mid- to long-term, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development has an important role to play in facilitating information and knowledge sharing within the donor community and with our development partners.

Platform members have established a task force on coordinated donor response to COVID-19, which aims at identifying ongoing actions of members and coordinating their regional and thematic approaches. This topic page is the space where members share information about pandemic response priorities, programmes, and analysis. The page is continuously updated and expanded. Visit us again.

Members’ Responses

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands (MFA-NL)

Contact: Paul van de Logt

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Contact: Ueli Mauderli

World Food Programme (WFP)

External Situation Report #14 PDF
The External Situations Reports are produced twice a month, provide a concise yet comprehensive snapshot of WFP’s global response to Covid-19. Find all External Situations Reports

Contact: Chris Toe

United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)

Rapid Evidence Review: Policy interventions to mitigate negative effects on poverty, agriculture and food security from disease outbreaks and other crises ODI report (PDF) on impacts on food security and agriculture: Lessons learned from previous crises.
What we know about emerging zoonotic threats and how can we minimise future impact? DFID Evidence Note (PDF) on zoonotic diseases and threats.
Rethinking Agri-Business Investments Through the Pandemic e-conference
Sustainability Dossier (PDF) from DFID’s CASA (Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness) Programme.

Contact: Iris Krebber

World Trade Organization (WTO)

COVID-19 and world trade – web page

WTO also houses two global partnerships, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF, for LDCs) and the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF, on SPS capacity development). Both partnerships also have dedicated COVID-19 pages:

Trade for Development News – web site
STDF partnership updates on COVID-19 – web page

Contact: Melvin Spreij

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Blog on COVID-19 and informal workers, which concerns the majority of youth in developing countries

Contact: Alexandre Kolev

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Contact: David Hegwood

International Trade Centre (ITC)

Supporting small businesses through the COVID-19 crisis website on Covid-19 response
Unsung Heroes - How Small Farmers Cope with Covid 19 Report (PDF)
This report relays the message of smallholder farmers on COVID-19 impact and recovery. It provides insights on what support they need from all value chain actors. It builds on 14 interviews with partners of the International Trade Centre’s Alliances for Action programme.
ITC News – 3 June 2020 web link to latest newsletter

Contact: Anders Aeroe

Latest COVID-19 [ID: 514]

Latest

EIF creating discussions on COVID-19’s impacts on least developed countries

The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) organized a webinar series on COVID-19-and its implications. The series concluded with a conversation about the tourism sector and its importance for the least developed countries.

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Informal Donor Conversation on Covid-19

29 April | Virtual Meeting

A virtual informal dialogue with 12 donor organisations and the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) that aimed to promote an exchange on how to better coordinate and streamline information gathering on COVID -19 implications on agriculture and food security.

More Informal Donor Conversation on Covid-19

COVID – 19 and Global Food Security Implications

7 April | Virtual Meeting

A virtual meeting convened by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and Cornell University and aimed to look at what can be learned, what trends are to be expected, and what is still unknown regarding the pandemic. The meeting also discussed the implications of COVID-19 for agriculture and food systems, now and into the future.

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Events COVID-19 [ID: 515]