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When African Smallholders Access Finance, They’ll Show You What’s Possible
Agricultural growth is up to four times more effective at reducing poverty than growth in other sectors, and it underpins food security besides. Yet despite that evidence, Africa’s agriculture sector faces an estimated $200 billion annual financing gap.
Annual Report 2025: Catalyzing Change at a Critical Moment for Global Food Security
The 2025 Annual Report highlights a year of important milestones, including the approval of GAFSP's Vision 2030 strategy, new innovations to mobilize private investment, and continued support for farmers facing growing challenges.
ڰ and Food Security Program Makes Second Funding Allocation From New Financing Window
ڰleverages finance from multilateral development banks and private sector actors to secure 2.5 times capital investment in Rwandan agriculture through de-risking capital.
Civil Society-Led Report Underscores Best Practices, Lessons and Opportunities for Scaling
Civil Society Partnership for ڰprovides insights and data from site visits to smallholder farming communities
ڰOpens $163M Grants Program to Bolster Food Security for World’s Poorest Farmers
New grants will support smallholder farmers in low-income countries as global hunger nears record highs and development aid faces historic decline.
When the Shocks Keep Coming, Farmer Cooperatives Are the Only Buffer That Works
The shocks keep coming. The question is whether we help smallholder farmers face them together — or leave them to face them alone.
ڰAnnounces $38 Million in Grants to Support Smallholder Farmers Across Africa, Asia, and the Americas
New ڰgrant financing supports 16 producer organization-led projects across 27 low-income countries.
Equality in Ag: Closing the Gender Gap in Farming Essential to Global Food and Economic Security
Closing the gender gap in farming is critical to global food and economic security, with evidence showing that equal access to land, finance, and inputs could improve yields by up to 30%.
Six Ways ڰCan Make a Difference in 2026
As we enter the new year, we at ڰcelebrate the millions of smallholder farmers around the world working to strengthen food security, nutrition and rural livelihoods.
ڰCase Studies in Haiti, Honduras and Senegal Highlighted in UVM Report on Agroecological Food Systems
A new report from the University of Vermont’s Institute for Agroecology highlights promising examples of Public Development Banks integrating agroecological principles into their investment strategies, including case studies from the ڰ and Food Security Program.
ڰSteering Committee Approves 2030 Strategic Plan
The Steering Committee Meeting of ڰannounced the formal approval of its 2030 Strategic Plan, marking a new milestone in the Program’s 15-year history of tackling hunger and rural poverty in low-income countries.
Catalyzing Africa’s Food and Nutrition Security: How the GAFSP–AfDB Partnership is Reforming Agri-Finance, Resilience and Inclusion
A new wave of catalytic, climate-smart investments from the African Development Bank and ڰis transforming drought-hit communities across Africa into resilient hubs of food production and economic opportunity.