The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP): Financing achievement of the SDGs on the ground and along the value chain
Organized by:
The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)
Summary:
This high-level panel will discuss the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), which is a funding mechanism that works along the entire value chain to support underfunded country-led efforts to end hunger and poverty and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in low-income countries. Since 2010, GAFSP has provided over $1.2 billion in grant funding to public sector investments, over $250 million in innovative financing for complementary private sector investments, and has recently allocated $13 million to pilot projects reaching smallholder farmers more directly. The panel will be comprised of recipients and partners, who will present information on how the program is helping them to achieve their goals on the ground, how it is helping to mobilize additional resources, and how it can integrate and implement principles of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
Related information:
Contact:
Ms. Nichola Dyer, ndyer@worldbank.org