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When African Smallholders Access Finance, They鈥檒l Show You What鈥檚 Possible
Agricultural growth is up to four times more effective at reducing poverty than growth in other sectors, and it underpins food security besides. Yet despite that evidence, Africa鈥檚 agriculture sector faces an estimated $200 billion annual financing gap.
Annual Report 2025: Catalyzing Change at a Critical Moment for Global Food Security
The 2025 Annual Report highlights a year of important milestones, including the approval of GAFSP's Vision 2030 strategy, new innovations to mobilize private investment, and continued support for farmers facing growing challenges.
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Makes Second Funding Allocation From New Financing Window
GAFSP leverages finance from multilateral development banks and private sector actors to secure 2.5 times capital investment in Rwandan agriculture through de-risking capital.
Civil Society-Led Report Underscores Best Practices, Lessons and Opportunities for Scaling
Civil Society Partnership for GAFSP provides insights and data from site visits to smallholder farming communities
GAFSP Opens $163M Grants Program to Bolster Food Security for World鈥檚 Poorest Farmers
New grants will support smallholder farmers in low-income countries as global hunger nears record highs and development aid faces historic decline.
When the Shocks Keep Coming, Farmer Cooperatives Are the Only Buffer That Works
The shocks keep coming. The question is whether we help smallholder farmers face them together 鈥 or leave them to face them alone.
GAFSP Announces $38 Million in Grants to Support Smallholder Farmers Across Africa, Asia, and the Americas
New GAFSP grant financing supports 16 producer organization-led projects across 27 low-income countries.
Equality in Ag: Closing the Gender Gap in Farming Essential to Global Food and Economic Security
Closing the gender gap in farming is critical to global food and economic security, with evidence showing that equal access to land, finance, and inputs could improve yields by up to 30%.
Six Ways GAFSP Can Make a Difference in 2026
As we enter the new year, we at GAFSP celebrate the millions of smallholder farmers around the world working to strengthen food security, nutrition and rural livelihoods.
GAFSP Case Studies in Haiti, Honduras and Senegal Highlighted in UVM Report on Agroecological Food Systems
A new report from the University of Vermont鈥檚 Institute for Agroecology highlights promising examples of Public Development Banks integrating agroecological principles into their investment strategies, including case studies from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.
GAFSP Steering Committee Approves 2030 Strategic Plan
The Steering Committee Meeting of GAFSP announced the formal approval of its 2030 Strategic Plan, marking a new milestone in the Program鈥檚 15-year history of tackling hunger and rural poverty in low-income countries.
Catalyzing Africa鈥檚 Food and Nutrition Security: How the GAFSP鈥揂fDB Partnership is Reforming Agri-Finance, Resilience and Inclusion
A new wave of catalytic, climate-smart investments from the African Development Bank and GAFSP is transforming drought-hit communities across Africa into resilient hubs of food production and economic opportunity.