ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē: Enhancing Farmersā Livelihoods, Resilience & Food Security
From farm to fork,āÆwe helpāÆraiseāÆincomes,āÆreduce poverty, and improve foodāÆand nutritionāÆsecurity forāÆmillionsāÆof smallholder farmers and their families.
Building Back from the Brink: Why Agriculture Holds the KeyĀ
While humanitarian responses are critical during crises, they are never a long-term solution. With the right support and tools, farmers āoften on the frontlines of crises and disproportionately affected by disasters, including climate changeā can themselves drive change, economic recovery, and income opportunities.
Knowledge Forum 2021
Every two years, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē organizes a Knowledge Forum to bring together project teams from across all Supervising Entities to share and learn more about topics that are relevant to them. Given current circumstances, the 2021 Knowledge Forum will take place virtually, with learning sessions held throughout April-September.
The Climate is Warming Up, So Farmers Are Adapting: 5 Ways We Support Them to Weather the Storm
Our lives depend on the sustainable production of safe, healthy, and affordable food ā a challenge exacerbated by a growing population, a global pandemic, and a changing climate. At ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, we will continue to support our partners on the ground as they strengthen their resilience.
For Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, the Impacts of COVID-19 Are Widespread
In this installment of our āCOVID Conversationsā series, we talk with LionelāÆSoulard, Cargillās managing director forāÆWest Africa. IFC and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās support to Cargill is helping the company professionalize and digitize CĆ“te d'Ivoireās cocoa sector. Soulard spoke with us recently about plummeting chocolate sales at airports, the challenges of online training with limited internet, and how the pandemic is accelerating digitizationāand with it, opportunity.
In Kosovo, Microfinance Expands HerdsāAnd Hopes
Agriculture is critical to Kosovoās private sector development, and though it accounts for an estimated 30 percent of employment and 13 percent of GDP, it accounts for just 4 percent of total borrowing in the countryās formal sectors.
For Cocoa Farmers, Going Digital Tastes Sweet
In CĆ“te dāIvoire, where almost half of jobs are linked to cocoa, IFC and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē are working with the cocoa company Cargill to professionalize and digitize the sector. The Cargill 2.0 program works on professionalizing cooperatives, teaching management skills and training on the benefits of digital finance to increase traceability and security.
Ugandaās Dairy Farmers Develop a Taste for New Markets
In Uganda, where dairy production is dominated by small-scale farmers living in impoverished rural areas, IFC and ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē supported Pearl Dairy established a powdered milk processing plant and cold-storage infrastructure.
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē raises $300M at replenishment kickoff
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē raised $300 million of a desired $1.5 billion (over five years) Tuesday at its replenishment kickoff event hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Partnering to Transform Food Systems Globally
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē launched its replenishment period 2020-25 to raise US$1.5 billion over five years (2020-25) at a virtual event. At the event āwhich was hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)ā donors pledged over US$300 million in new funding to the Program, meeting the yearly target for 2020.
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Donors Announce US$300 million to End Hunger and Malnutrition
As part of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās first replenishment period to raise US$1.5 billion over five years, Australia, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Germany, Norway, and Spain announced over US$300 million in new contributions to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē ā meeting its yearly replenishment target for 2020.
ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Program Video
What is ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē and what makes it so unique? Learn more about our approach and how we support smallholder farmers.