Summaries of consultations
Matching grant programmes: An effective approach to channel remittances into sustainable investment in agribusiness?
This document summarizes the online consultation “Matching grant programmes: An effective approach to channel remittances into sustainable investment in agribusiness?” held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 18 February to 15 May 2022. This consultation was...
Consultation
New Food System Integrated Program to support the transformation of food systems into nature-positive, resilient, and pollution free system
FAO and IFAD are developing a global Food Systems Integrated Program to support selected nations to catalyze the transformation to sustainable food systems that are nature-positive, resilient, and pollution-reduced. This Program will be funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and co-financed by countries, GEF agencies and other partners. The online consultation invites stakeholders to contribute to the Theory of Change and the Draft Results Framework for the Program, and to share their experiences on the relevant issues.
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Matching grant programmes: an effective approach to channel remittances into sustainable investment in agribusiness?
The results of this consultation will feed into FAO models for supporting countries in designing and implementing better policies for harnessing the development potential of remittances in rural areas.
Reports and briefs
Empowering young agri-entrepreneurs to invest in agriculture and food systems - Policy recommendations based on lessons learned from eleven African countries
Measures that empower young agri-entrepreneurs should be a key component of a sustainable development-centred investment promotion strategy. The very realization of future generations’ food security, the sustainable transformation of food systems and the combat against unemployment and distress...
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e-Panel discussion - How to improve results in the agriculture sector: a discussion on leadership and Results-based management in Africa
Wednesday 6 May 2020, 11:00 to 12:00 CEST / 9:00 to 10:00 GMT.
Please register here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GN8h2jmvTNKYKrMrxnjVrg
The panel is jointly hosted and organized by AVANTI and EvalForward.
AVANTI is an IFAD funded initiative supporting national governments to assess and build RBM capacities in order to better measure SDGs in up to 20 countries globally. It is implemented by Helvetas and Itad.
EvalForward is a community of practice on evaluation for Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development, supported by the evaluation offices of FAO, IFAD and WFP.
Panellists
AVANTI & EvalForward are collaborating to share their joint experience and specific learning by an pool of expert panellists consisting of:
- Angela Dannson (Director, Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana)
- Elias A.K. Segla (Evaluation Specialist, Presidency, Republic of Benin, Bureau of Public Policy Evaluation and Government Action Analysis)
- Ian Goldman (Advisor on Evaluation and Evidence Systems, CLEAR Anglophone Africa)
Hosting team
- Riff Fullan: e-Panel Facilitator and Knowledge Component Lead for AVANTI
- Ethel Sibanda: Chat Moderator and AG-Scan methodology Lead, AVANTI
- Cesar Robles: e-Panel Technical Coordinator and Communications Lead, AVANTI
- Renata Mirulla: Facilitator, EvalForward
Questions to be addressed in the e-Panel
Some of the questions under discussion include:
- What is the importance of leadership in mainstreaming RBM in agriculture-related ministries and other institutions?
- What factors are most influential in enabling or hindering leadership’s contribution to improved RBM in the agriculture sector?
- What concrete actions can key stakeholders take to create an enabling environment for effective leadership in the pursuit of SDGs?
For more information please contact: [email protected]
First comprehensive portal to track international capacity development support for forest monitoring
The Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) has launched a portal - the first such comprehensive platform - to track international capacity development support to developing countries in forest monitoring for climate action.
The portal - the GFOI Inventory of Activities - is a one-stop shop with easy-to-access information on more than 400 forest monitoring activities in 70 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. Users can search for information by country or region, by type of forest monitoring activities, and by donors.
"Collecting and disseminating better information on forests is vital for countries and the international community's efforts to take targeted and effective action on climate change," said Hiroto Mitsugi, FAO Assistant Director-General for Forestry.
The portal will help governments and donors identify gaps, share resources, avoid overlaps and explore opportunities for new partnerships to better address the challenges countries face as they develop their National Forest Monitoring Systems.
The portal displays information from the world's leading forest monitoring development partners, including national governments, development practitioners, space agencies and forestry experts.
It is an example of successful collaboration and open information sharing, which is essential in an era of global climate change as big geospatial data and other diverse and usable information becomes increasingly available.
You can access the portal here: http://www.fao.org/gfoi/activities?utm_source=all&utm_medium=all&utm_campaign=GFOI%20Inventory%20of%20Activities
Summaries of consultations
Food security and nutrition policy dialogues in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia 2016–2019 - A retrospective
This publication is a compendium of the main outcomes of the online stakeholder dialogue organized by the project “ Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia ”, funded by the Russian Federation, in collaboration with the...
Consultation
The Future UNIDROIT-FAO-IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (ALIC)
UNIDROIT, in collaboration with FAO and IFAD, is preparing a future Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts (ALIC), to cater for the needs of legal counsels working on the leasing of agricultural land from States and local communities. This online consultation invites you to share your views and comments on the document's Zero Draft.
Consultation
Effective multi-stakeholder dialogue and collaboration to improve the design, implementation and impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Africa’s agricultural sector
This consultation will serve to enrich the roundtable dialogues FAO and AUC will organize in Ghana and other selected African countries to discuss opportunities for the promotion of agri-PPPs. Its aim is to provide additional insights for policy makers and allow a broad range of stakeholders to share their experiences and vision on the development of agri-PPPs in Africa.
Discover the EVAL-ForwARD Community of Practice
A new video presents the rationale behind EVAL-ForwARD, a Community of Practice on evaluation for Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development jointly supported by the evaluation offices of FAO, WFP and IFAD.
The objectives of EVAL-ForwARD are to enhance awareness and capacities at country-level about evaluation in the agriculture, food security and rural development sectors, with a close focus on the evaluation of efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – End Hunger.