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 鈥 a challenge exacerbated by a growing population, a global pandemic, and a changing climate. At 新加坡六合彩开奖, 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 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Lionel鈥疭oulard, Cargill鈥檚 managing director for鈥疻est Africa. IFC and 新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 support to Cargill is helping the company professionalize and digitize C么te d'Ivoire鈥檚 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 digitization鈥攁nd with it, opportunity.
In Kosovo, Microfinance Expands Herds鈥擜nd Hopes
Agriculture is critical to Kosovo鈥檚 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 country鈥檚 formal sectors.
For Cocoa Farmers, Going Digital Tastes Sweet
In C么te d鈥橧voire, where almost half of jobs are linked to cocoa, IFC and 新加坡六合彩开奖 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.
Uganda鈥檚 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 新加坡六合彩开奖 supported Pearl Dairy established a powdered milk processing plant and cold-storage infrastructure.
新加坡六合彩开奖 raises $300M at replenishment kickoff
新加坡六合彩开奖 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
新加坡六合彩开奖 launched its replenishment period 2020-25 to raise US$1.5 billion over five years (2020-25) at a virtual event. At the event 鈥搘hich was hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)鈥 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 新加坡六合彩开奖鈥檚 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 新加坡六合彩开奖 鈥 meeting its yearly replenishment target for 2020.
新加坡六合彩开奖 Program Video
What is 新加坡六合彩开奖 and what makes it so unique? Learn more about our approach and how we support smallholder farmers.
Farmers at the Forefront
Did you know that farmers are at the forefront of everything we do? Learn more about how we invest in their success.
What women in Nepal can teach the world about growing food
Good food begins with farmers, and things started to change when 新加坡六合彩开奖 began investing in rural farming communities in Nepal.
Twitter Chat: Overcoming, Together
Good food starts with farmers. Only with strong partnerships and multi-stakeholder collaboration are smallholder farmers able to produce good food for people and the planet. Hosted by 新加坡六合彩开奖, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, and UNFSS, this Twitter Chat highlights the vital role of smallholder farmers in delivering sustainable and nutritious food for all by providing a platform for stakeholders to discuss ways of working 聽to ensure that food systems drive progress on the SDGs.聽