Why Channeling Investment to Smallholders Across Africa Is Key for a Resilient Future
From conflict to climate change, communities across Africa are fighting crises on multiple fronts. And now, amid rising global costs, low growth projections and rising insecurity, these crises are set to deepen.
Putting More Food on the Table Despite Crises
The agricultural sector is uniquely positioned to deliver triple wins for communities, supporting them to boost productivity and income generation, build resilience to the impacts of climate change, and reduce emissions through climate-smart farming.
Training for Women Farmers Boosts Opportunity鈥攁nd Ambition
鈥淚 learned not to shy away from ideas that will improve the status of my family,鈥 Seraphine Uwitonze said. 鈥淚 never thought I was capable and now I know that I am.鈥
Changing Lives 2023 Edition
Insights into how investments made possible by the GAFSP Private Sector Window help change the lives of farmers worldwide.
Edition 9 | March 2023
Three ways women are breaking the mold
Discover how GAFSP supports critical training for female smallholder farmers to improve their incomes, socio-economic opportunities, and nutrition within the whole community.
Is Cambodian Rice Ready for the World Market?
Keen on exporting its surplus rice, Cambodia is priming its rice sector to enter the world market while keeping the national stock, farmers' welfare, and agricultural resources in check.
'You wait, but nothing comes:' Honduran farmers at the mercy of climate-change-induced drought, floods
鈥淭he varying weather patterns really affect the animals,鈥 said Maldonado, 43, noting that if he doesn鈥檛 have enough to feed them, the milk they produce isn鈥檛 as nutritious. 鈥淐limate change has hurt us a lot.鈥澛
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.
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 GAFSP's Private Sector Window.
Insight Series: Investing from Farm to Table to Feed the Future
Sr. Don Mariano Jim茅nez Talavera, former Honduran Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the Rome-based Agencies, gives his insight on working with the GAFSP. 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.
Insight Series: More than a Grain of Strength in Mali鈥檚 Rice
Adama Doumbia from the World Food Programme and Missing Middle Initiative in Mali gives insight into his experiences working with GAFSP. Building up producer organizations and their capacity to remain independent has been key, he says.