New Seeds for Sustainability

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Farmer groups in Bangladesh adapt to climate change with new, high-quality seeds. We aimed to open a new window of technology for farmers, but we wanted to adopt a bottom-up approach. Read the full story to learn more.

New Farming “Ecosystem” in Uganda Empowers Women Smallholders

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For Grainpulse in Uganda, Reaching Women is Critical to Long-Term Growth.

Changing Lives 2022 Edition

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Insights into how investments made possible by the GAFSP Private Sector Window help change the lives of farmers worldwide. Edition 8 | January 2022

How smallholder farmers bounced back during the health crisis

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, GAFSP was able to respond quickly and flexibly to the emerging crisis – providing much needed financing that allowed farmers to design and implement the interventions which worked best for them.

GAFSP: Pourquoi le développement agricole doit commencer par les les petits producteurs

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Le Programme Mondial pour l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire (GAFSP): Une recette pour atteindre l’objectif faim zéro.

Le Maillon Manquant

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Le Programme Mondial pour l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire (GAFSP) : une recette pour atteindre l’objectif faim zéro.

Cultivating a Small-Scale Farming Approach to Improve Food Security

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When provided with the right tools and resources, small-scale food producers can respond with remarkable speed and flexibility in times of crisis – a spike in conflict worldwide and the COVID-19 crisis have shown that. Five years after successfully testing the MMI, GAFSP is now funding small-scale food producers directly through the producer organizations that represent them.

GAFSP Puts Farmers First in New Funding for Producer Organizations & Countries

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GAFSP announced $121 million in new grants for nine national governments and, for the first time, an additional $30 million for producer organizations based in 12 countries worldwide. This funding aims to strengthen sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems in the world’s poorest countries, in response to rising food insecurity linked to COVID-19 and climate change.

Bringing Water back to Honduras’ Dry Corridor

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Since 2017, across 25 municipalities of the Dry Corridor, the US$30 GAFSP-supported project has been implemented to bring food and nutrition security to Honduras’ driest areas, reaching more than 12,000 households through the installation of water irrigation technology and climate-resilient agriculture, enabling farmers to provide more nutritious foods for their families as well as for the market. 

Mali's Young Entrepreneurs Get a Fresh Start

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The GAFSP-funded Inclusion of Rural Youth in Poultry and Aquaculture Value Chains in Mali project works with CNOP in Mali to support rural youth in creating income-generating activities that foster food and nutrition security. The young entrepreneurs have been provided with technical training, including how to set up an organization, and how to manage the finances for poultry and fish farming value-chains.