Responding to crisis with a long-term view
To help countries mitigate the current food security crisis, ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç has launched a Call for Proposals to accelerate countries' financing and support the design and implementation of solutions in line with their national strategies and current priorities.
Transforming Food Systems: Investing in Producer Organizations, Innovative Approaches to Support Smallholder Farmers
This event will highlight the importance and the advantage of investing in producer organizations to enable their members to become their own change agents, enabling them to make effective decisions about their businesses and improve their livelihoods.
Fact Sheet: 2022 Call for Proposals to Accelerate Food Systems Resilience
ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç will launch a new Call for Proposals in 2022 to provide grant financing to assist low-income countries and smallholder farmers, to mitigate the impacts of the current food security crisis while also supporting efforts to build resilient and sustainable food systems.
Supporting Smallholders During Crises in Honduras
In Honduras, IFC advisory services with the support of ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç helped Cadelga create an agrifinance unit that provides loans to smallholders in the form of fertilizer, seeds, and irrigation technology.
Towards Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Agriculture Development in Nepal
Gurung is just one of the 60,689 direct beneficiaries of the project who were affected by the 2015 Nepal earthquake and the frequently occurring natural disasters and climate-related impacts.
Making Fish Big Business in Northern Lao PDR
Thirty-nine-year-old Xienginphone Phengthavong is a typical smallholder farmer from the village, growing rice as the main staple food, cultivating vegetables in the home garden, and raising fish in his fishpond, all for household consumption.
Harvesting Inclusion in Honduras: Improving Food Security & Livelihoods for Persons with Disabilities
PROSASUR in Honduras increases the availability of quality food and the incomes of poor rural people in order to improve nutrition and reduce child stunting. The project has made significant progress on social inclusion, and for the first time in the country, has developed an approach to ensure disability inclusion.
ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç Announces Plans for New Call for Proposals
ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç will launch a Call for Proposals in the early Fall to provide much-needed grants to fill financing gaps in country-led programs.
Annual Report 2021: Strengthening Farmers' Resilience to Build Sustainable Food Systems
Edition 11 | Data as of December 2021
Honduran Farmers See a Window of Opportunity for Growth
Three smallholders from the Central American country share their experiences with AgroMoney, a financial inclusion and technical assistance scheme run by Grupo Cadelga and the IFC, with the support of ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç's Private Sector Window.
Insight Series: Investing from Farm to Table to Feed the Future
Sr. Don Mariano Jiménez Talavera, former Honduran Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the Rome-based Agencies, gives his insight on working with the ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç. He explains why investing in agriculture is more critical now than ever before and how planning in the long-term, together with communities, can help us build resilience to future crises.
Spain Renews its Support for ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç
The Government of Spain recently pledged EUR 10 million for ÂÒÂ׺£½Ç, thereby renewing its commitment of support towards the program.