Technological Innovation for Agroforestry and Agriculture Program in Haiti

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This project aims to increase agricultural productivity and improve the use of natural capital through the adoption of sustainable technologies.

Banking on Partnerships for a Digital Future

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E-Granary, a mobile communication and payment system, creates a virtual space for brokering commercial partnerships and contracts between farmers, buyers, and input dealers while connecting farmers with financial services at low transaction costs. The platform is used by more than 38,000 farmers, almost half of them women.

Financing for Food Security: Smallholder Priorities in the Global Effort to End Hunger

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As part of the UN Food Systems Summit Pre-Summit, this affiliated event will bring together smallholder farmers, country representatives, and other partners to speak to their experiences in accessing financing through programs such as GAFSP.

How Investing in the Bigger Picture Has Paid off in Bangladesh

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When COVID-19 hit Bangladesh, Rita Brommo was among the smallholder farmers concerned about how the global pandemic would impact their communities. In addition to the health concerns, there was also anxiety about food security and income generation. Without being able to move around to sell produce, how would farmers be able to earn enough money to put food on the table? 

Getting Ahead of the Crisis in Lao PDR

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Ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit, it is clear that while food systems urgently need to be transformed to better support both human and planetary health, transformed food systems must also be resilient to future shocks. The GAFSP continues to work with vulnerable communities and smallholder farmers like Mo Ya, to safeguard their capacity to withstand the impact of external shocks. 

From Cassava and Rice to Recovery: Bolstering Agriculture for a Stronger Liberia

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Food shortages in Liberia have been compounded by a series of crises, some old; some new. From the impacts of long-term conflict to outbreaks of Ebola, rice shortages ¬–and now the COVID-19 pandemic–a long-term solution was needed.

Farmers of Resilience Shaken by COVID-19

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In Senegal, women smallholders are adapting, with new strategies, to COVID-19 impacts.

Building a Coordinated, Science-based Approach to Food Security

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2021 will be a crucial year to prevent famine and protect livelihoods and food security for billions of people. How can we address the challenges of the current times?

Financing Food Systems Recovery: Scaling Up Research and Innovation

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This event will present CGIAR’s Food System response to COVID-19 as well as promote GAFSP's Call for Proposals to support countries and producer organizations’ recovery and response to COVID-19 challenges.

Climate-Resilient Crop Takes Root in Zambia

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In Zambia, cassava supplies are low, with inadequate quality planting materials, leading to dwindling yields and pest and disease infestations, and impacting food security and income for farmers. Supported by GAFSP and the African Development Bank’s flagship TAAT program, the US$34.87 million Agriculture Productivity and Market Enhancement Project (APMEP) brings together the government, private sector, and researchers to jointly tackle these issues in an integrated manner.