Recording online in above link
Furthermore, it was an opportunity to explore how current instruments such as the EU’s Global Gateway and IFAD13 could support accelerating nutrition outcomes.
Beyond the N4G Summit, the event also came at a crucial time: at an early stage of the start of the term of the new European Commission when policies and programmes are being developed and advanced such as the Global Gateway.
Beyond the N4G Summit, the event also came at a crucial time: at an early stage of the start of the term of the new European Commission when policies and programmes are being developed and advanced such as the Global Gateway.
- Beatrice Ekesa-Onyango, Lead Technical Specialist Nutrition and Social Inclusion, IFAD & Guggi Laryea, Senior Partnership Officer EU&SuppRes, IFAD: Innovative financing instruments were showcased during the event with examples from the EU-IFAD partnerships such as the programme on Diaspora investment in sustainable youth entrepreneurship in Mali and the Yield Investment Fund / Small and Medium Agribusiness Development Fund (SMADF) in Uganda.
- Alima Keita, Co-founder Ciwara Capital: She shared the experience of an innovative fund owned and managed by Africans living in Europe to support small and medium enterprises in their origin country.
- Erina and Joel Guma, founders of PRISTINE Foods Ltd. based in Uganda, a small enterprise producing liquid and egg powder products, will share their experience as a start-up which grew thanks to access to the Yield Investment Fund.
- Rikke Olivera Grand and Cynthia Torres de Toledo Machado presented the nutrition-climate-biodiversity nexus through the innovative approaches emerging from the Global Programme for Small-scale Agroecology Producers and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation (GP-SAEP) showcasing the experience from Brazil promoting participatory plant breeding through the establishment of agroecological corridors fostering the development of new corn varieties.
- A Video was featured from Asia Farmers’ Association (AFA) in working with rural women on forgotten foods or, better to say, foods for the future. These foods, forgotten by science but not by the rural people are a key part of healthy diets, providing diversity, nutritionally rich foods and are safety nets between seasons. They foster a climate-change-resilient food system approach by integrating traditional risk-management practices born out of the need to adapt to adverse weather conditions. Moreover, they are viable economic opportunities generating income for women, youth and Indigenous Peoples, leveraging on their knowledge.
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