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Twitter Chat: Promoting Gender Equality in Food Systems and Nutrition
Hosted by GAFSP, CFS, and UN Nutrition (tbc), this Twitter Chat highlights the vital role of women to ensure nutritious food for all, and the significance of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition in promoting women鈥檚 rights in the context of food security and nutrition.聽
Helping Women Improve Food Quality and Family Income in Kyrgyz Villages
Financed by the GAFSP and administered by the World Bank, the $38 million project aims to increase the agricultural productivity and food and nutrition security of rural households in areas around the country that were selected based on the poverty, health, and nutrition status of the people living there.
Annual Report 2020: Strengthening Smallholder Farmers' Resilience
Reporting Period: January to December 2020
GAFSP: Enhancing Farmers鈥 Livelihoods, Resilience & Food Security
From farm to fork,鈥痺e help鈥痳aise鈥痠ncomes,鈥痳educe poverty, and improve food鈥痑nd nutrition鈥痵ecurity for鈥痬illions鈥痮f smallholder farmers and their families.
Building Back from the Brink: Why Agriculture Holds the Key聽
While humanitarian responses are critical during crises, they are never a long-term solution. With the right support and tools, farmers 鈥搊ften on the frontlines of crises and disproportionately affected by disasters, including climate change鈥 can themselves drive change, economic recovery, and income opportunities.
Knowledge Forum 2021
Every two years, GAFSP organizes a Knowledge Forum to bring together project teams from across all Supervising Entities to share and learn more about topics that are relevant to them. Given current circumstances, the 2021 Knowledge Forum will take place virtually, with learning sessions held throughout April-September.
The Climate is Warming Up, So Farmers Are Adapting: 5 Ways We Support Them to Weather the Storm
Our lives depend on the sustainable production of safe, healthy, and affordable food 鈥 a challenge exacerbated by a growing population, a global pandemic, and a changing climate. At GAFSP, we will continue to support our partners on the ground as they strengthen their resilience.
For Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, the Impacts of COVID-19 Are Widespread
In this installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Lionel鈥疭oulard, Cargill鈥檚 managing director for鈥疻est Africa. IFC and GAFSP鈥檚 support to Cargill is helping the company professionalize and digitize C么te d'Ivoire鈥檚 cocoa sector. Soulard spoke with us recently about plummeting chocolate sales at airports, the challenges of online training with limited internet, and how the pandemic is accelerating digitization鈥攁nd with it, opportunity.
For Cocoa Farmers, Going Digital Tastes Sweet
In C么te d鈥橧voire, where almost half of jobs are linked to cocoa, IFC and GAFSP are working with the cocoa company Cargill to professionalize and digitize the sector. The Cargill 2.0 program works on professionalizing cooperatives, teaching management skills and training on the benefits of digital finance to increase traceability and security.
Uganda鈥檚 Dairy Farmers Develop a Taste for New Markets
In Uganda, where dairy production is dominated by small-scale farmers living in impoverished rural areas, IFC and GAFSP supported Pearl Dairy established a powdered milk processing plant and cold-storage infrastructure.
In Kosovo, Microfinance Expands Herds鈥擜nd Hopes
Agriculture is critical to Kosovo鈥檚 private sector development, and though it accounts for an estimated 30 percent of employment and 13 percent of GDP, it accounts for just 4 percent of total borrowing in the country鈥檚 formal sectors.
GAFSP raises $300M at replenishment kickoff
GAFSP raised $300 million of a desired $1.5 billion (over five years) Tuesday at its replenishment kickoff event hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.