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USAID: Additional $40 Million to Sri Lanka to Help Farmers Purchase Fertilizer and other Vital Agricultural Inputs

Latest - About Us | This assistance will support Sri Lankans as they come out of a political crisis and are still facing a severe economic and agricultural crisis, with consecutive failed agricultural seasons producing half of their usual output followed by year-on-year inflation that soared to above 60 percent and food price inflation climbing to 90 percent, since August of this year.

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Fit for Purpose: presenting the SDC's new structure

Latest - About Us | The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is aligning itself with the fields of action of modern international cooperation and is adopting a new structure as of 1 September 2022. The SDC is now divided into three geographical divisions, one thematic division and one multilateral division.

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AGA2022 Interviews: Agnes Kalibata (AGRA)

Latest - About Us | Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy.

"We need to understand that our food has consequences that the environment and people's health are paying for."

Agnes was a panellist during the AGA.

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AGA2022 Interviews: Johan Swinnen (CGIAR)

Latest - About Us | Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy.

"The future is with the youth. They will have to be a really important and dominant part in the world we want."

Johan Swinnen was a panellist during the AGA.

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AGA2022 Interviews: Ayodeji Balogun (AFEX)

Latest - About Us | Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy.

"We must continue to foster new ways to drive innovative finance that will trickle down to the smallholder farmers, particularly in Africa."

Ayodeji was a panellist during the AGA.

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AGA2022 Interviews: Stefanos Fotiou (UN Food Systems Coordination Hub)

Latest - About Us | Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy.

"We need to pass from a culture of consumption to a culture of creation. And I'm very hopeful for the youth today."

Stefanos was a panellist during the AGA.

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AGA2022 Interviews: Claudia Sadoff (CGIAR)

Latest - About Us | Five experts talk about national pathways for food systems transformation, the current global food crisis response, and what they want small-scale farmers and the younger generation to know.

"The current global crisis is a real opportunity to bring the issues of food security to the front of mind."

Claudia was a keynote speaker during the first session of the AGA.

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IFAD Podcast: Platform miniseries

Latest - About Us | 25 July 2022 | Podcast

The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) continues its miniseries in the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) podcast "Farms. Food. Future". This month, we talk to Satu Santala, Associate Vice President of the External Relations and Governance Department at IFAD.

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Irish Aid – A better world, Ireland’s policy for international development

General | Reach the Furthest Behind First: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out an ambitious view of the world we want to live in, in 2030. Ireland, and the European Union, have placed the SDGs at the heart of our approach to international development.

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