“Strengthening Collaboration on VGGT and RAI Implementation: Increasing Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems”

05/10/2017 - 05/10/2017
Lebanon room (D209)

Thursday, 5 October 2017

14:00-15:30

You are cordially invited to the session “Strengthening Collaboration on VGGT and RAI Implementation: Increasing Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems”. This session is part of the Technical Forum of the 5th anniversary of the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) in the Context of National Food Security by the Committee on Food Security.

Since the endorsement of the VGGT in 2012, significant progress has been made in its dissemination and implementation. The objective of this session is to showcase several initiatives related to this progress, and in particular available financing instruments for responsible investments in agriculture and food systems, and how these benefits for small-scale producers involved in the development of food value chains.