20 April 2022. 14:30–16:30 | VIRTUAL, CEST. The Increasing Imperative for Resilient Food Systems in Times of Crisis: What Can Donors Do?
During this event, the GDPRD’s WHITE PAPER on “Transforming Food Systems- Directions for Enhancing the Catalytic Role of Donors” was presented.
This white paper by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) charts directions for how donors can support food systems transformation to follow up on the United Nations Food Systems Summit (FSS) and accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It builds on work that the GDPRD has completed over the past two years as contributions to the Summit process.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jennifer Clapp
Professor
University of Waterloo
Vice-Chair, High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition UN Committee on World Food Security
PANELLISTS
Rhoda Peace Tumusiime
Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
African Union Commission
Chairperson
HOPE
Satu Santala
Associate Vice-President for External Relations and Governance
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Martin Bwalya
Ag Director, Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation (KMPE)
Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
Leonard Mizzi
Head of Unit
Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Fisheries, Directorate-General International Partnerships (DG INTPA)
European Commission
"De-risking on small ticket sizes of bankable projects is the biggest challenge".
Jim Woodhill
Director
AgriFoodNexus Consulting, and Honorary Research Associate
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
MODERATOR
Henry Bonsu
International broadcaster and media consultant
Resources:
Based on the work and findings of the Platform around the FSS over the last two years, this paper provides a framework for donors for re-thinking the food systems agenda, providing a set of responses and priorities for the donor community to engage.
The white paper offers a menu of seven action areas for donors:
- Strengthen coordination among donors and other actors to support national pathways for food systems transformation;
- Mobilize responsible investment in food systems from the public and private sectors;
- Promote engagement of private sector actors and value chain innovation for sustainable development;
- Support policy innovation;
- Invest in research and data systems;
- Strengthen governance for food systems transformation; and
- Strengthen universal social protection mechanisms, disaster preparedness and emergency relief programmes.
The EU and IFAD recognize the importance of food systems transformation
and of not leaving rural people behind. We have been working together for over
15 years, investing in rural areas, and the EU has contributed about EUR 660 million
to IFAD-supported initiatives across the world.
The EU-IFAD partnership covers several areas of cooperation, including fostering
the potential of farmers and their organizations and innovative rural financing
models.
The partnership has built the capacities of farmers’ organizations in Africa
and Asia to provide their members with access to finance, agricultural inputs and a
voice in policymaking processes. In terms of innovative finance, the EU and IFAD
have developed, with other partners, the Agribusiness Capital (ABC) Fund, which
provides much smaller loans than other funds. Furthermore, the EU and IFAD are
mobilizing the massive potential of migrants’ remittances for rural development
through the Financing Facility for Remittances.
- IFAD’s Rural Development Report 2021 is focused on rural livelihoods in the context of food systems transformation. The report promotes equitable livelihoods for rural people, who are front and centre in transforming food systems, alongside the need to improve nutrition and protect the environment. The global need for more nutritious food, ecosystem services and a low-carbon economy also offers the potential for new and innovative livelihood opportunities.
- The Rural Development Report 2021 was prepared by IFAD working in close collaboration with Wageningen University over a two-year period. It also presents novel results of a global quantitative modelling exercise that simulated the impacts of various types of transformative changes on a range of environmental, social, economic and nutritional indicators.
In 2018, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in partnership with UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) launched the project “Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus: Analysing solutions for security supply”. The WEFE Nexus aims to increase water, energy, food security without compromising ecosystems services. Its components are present in 14 of the 17SDGs and are therefore highly relevant in terms of working towards their implementation.
- This publication compiles a number of case studies with the aim of highlighting the importance and benefits of the WEFE Nexus approach for development cooperation. It identifies pathways for a more integrated and sustainable use of resources that goes beyond traditional sector-specific development silos. Addressing the Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystems Nexus to achieve the SDGsWEFE Nexus components are present in14 of the 17 SDGs“Since wars begin in the minds of men and
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