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  • 2nd meeting of Convenors and Friends

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    C+F/2 - Notes on the Second Meeting of Convenors and Friends (English)

    About 3 years ago (20/04/2021)
  • 132nd session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:

    EB 2021/132/R.33 - Report of the Chairperson on the 160th meeting of the Audit Committee (English)
    2021 FFP2 - List of documents for the 132nd session of the Executive Board (English)
    EB 2021/132/R.11/Add.1 - Appointment of members to the subsidiary bodies of the Executive Board - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2021/132/INF.8 - Results of the Executive Board Vote by Correspondence (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    About 3 years ago (17/04/2021)
  • 112th session of the Evaluation Committee

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    EC 2021/112 - Minutes of the 112th session of the Evaluation Committee (English) (French) (Spanish)

    About 3 years ago (16/04/2021)
  • 132nd session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:

    EB 2021/132/R.38/Add.1 - Report on the Status of Contributions to the Twelfth Replenishment of IFAD's Resources - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2021/132/R.31 - Minutes of the 112th session of the Evaluation Committee (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    About 3 years ago (16/04/2021)
  • 132nd session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    EB 2021/132/R.5/Add.1/Rev.1 - Revised IFAD Evaluation Policy - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    About 3 years ago (14/04/2021)
  • 132nd session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:

    EB 2021/132/R.41 - Brazil: President's Memorandum - Planting Climate Resilience in Rural Communities of the Northeast Project (PCRP) (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2021/132/R.1/Rev.1 - Provisional agenda (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2021/132/R.1/Rev.1/Add.1/Rev.1 - Provisional agenda - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    About 3 years ago (13/04/2021)
  • Food Systems Summit 2021 Dialogues: Pledge Now to Transforming Agricultural Innovation

    Register here for the next FCDO-CCAFS dialogue on food systems in the lead up to COP26 on 15 April, 2 - 3 p.m. (CET):

    https://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/pledge-now-transform-agricultural-innovation

    The Dialogue will explore opportunities for stakeholders to become an integral part of this year-long campaign, which will see significant announcements and initiatives at the UN Food Systems Summit and COP26.

    In addition, the Dialogue will pinpoint ways the UN Food Systems Summit and COP26 can align in their objectives to support the transformation the world needs, and how we as a global community can act to encourage this alignment. 

    So join us in this dialogue and pledge your support to transform agricultural innovation. 

    BACKGROUND

    There is a growing recognition that business as usual in agricultural innovation will not deliver the SDGs by 2030. Against this backdrop, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) launched the Transforming Agricultural Innovation for People, Nature and Climate’ campaign as part of its COP26 Presidency. 

    The campaign—co-chaired by CCAFS—will transform agricultural innovation by building a global coalition of pledges around the three pillars  of the ‘Just Rural Transition’: policy, transformation and scale.

    Meanwhile, in collaboration Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and a community of agricultural innovators from around the world, CCAFS developed an Action Agenda for Change. This agenda—drawn from the inputs of hundreds of stakeholders—focuses on innovation, digitalization and investment and utilizes stakeholder partnerships to catalyze its impact. 


    PROGRAMME

    TIME (CET)

    AGENDA

    SPEAKER

    14:00

    Welcome and context setting

    Dhanush Dinesh, Head of Partnerships and Outreach, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

    14:05

    Opening remarks

    Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World Bank

    14:10

    The case of transforming agricultural innovation: Insights from the OECD

    Jonathan Brooks, Head of the Agricultural and Resources Policies Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD

    14:18

    Transforming agricultural innovation for people, nature and climate –

    The journey: Where are we now?

    Vel Gnanendran, Director, Environment and Climate, UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

    14:25

    A concerted effort to achieve a transformation in agricultural innovation

    A roundtable of Climate Innovation Champions

    Moderator:

    Dhanush Dinesh, Head of Partnerships and Outreach, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

    Panelist:

    Jyotsna Puri, Director, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

    Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Union (SACAU)

    Annemarie Groot, Senior Researcher, Adaptation to Climate Change, Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

    Lisa Sweet, Head of Future Protein, COVID Response, and Food-Health Food Systems Initiative, World Economic Forum

    14:45

    Live Q&A

    14:55

    Support the campaign and ‘Pledge NOW’

    An exclusive invitation to an Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue (FSSD)

    Dhanush Dinesh, Head of Partnerships and Outreach, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

    About 3 years ago (09/04/2021)
  •  Food Systems Summit 2021 Dialogues:  Pledge Now to Transforming Agricultural Innovation

    Register here for the next FCDO-CCAFS dialogue on food systems in the lead up to COP26:

    https://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/pledge-now-transform-agricultural-innovation

    The Dialogue will explore opportunities for stakeholders to become an integral part of this year-long campaign, which will see significant announcements and initiatives at the UN Food Systems Summit and COP26.

    In addition, the Dialogue will pinpoint ways the UN Food Systems Summit and COP26 can align in their objectives to support the transformation the world needs, and how we as a global community can act to encourage this alignment. 

    So join us in this dialogue and pledge your support to transform agricultural innovation. 

     BACKGROUND

    There is a growing recognition that business as usual in agricultural innovation will not deliver the SDGs by 2030. Against this backdrop, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) launched the Transforming Agricultural Innovation for People, Nature and Climate’ campaign as part of its COP26 Presidency. 

    The campaign—co-chaired by CCAFS—will transform agricultural innovation by building a global coalition of pledges around the three pillars  of the ‘Just Rural Transition’: policy, transformation and scale.

    Meanwhile, in collaboration Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and a community of agricultural innovators from around the world, CCAFS developed an Action Agenda for Change. This agenda—drawn from the inputs of hundreds of stakeholders—focuses on innovation, digitalization and investment and utilizes stakeholder partnerships to catalyze its impact. 


    PROGRAMME

    TIME (CET)

    AGENDA

    SPEAKER

    14:00

    Welcome and context setting

    Dhanush Dinesh, Head of Partnerships and Outreach, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

    14:05

    Opening remarks

    Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, The World Bank

    14:10

    The case of transforming agricultural innovation: Insights from the OECD

    Jonathan Brooks, Head of the Agricultural and Resources Policies Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD

    14:18

    Transforming agricultural innovation for people, nature and climate –

    The journey: Where are we now?

    Vel Gnanendran, Director, Environment and Climate, UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

    14:25

    A concerted effort to achieve a transformation in agricultural innovation

    A roundtable of Climate Innovation Champions

    Moderator:

    Dhanush Dinesh, Head of Partnerships and Outreach, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

    Panelist:

    Jyotsna Puri, Director, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

    Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Union (SACAU)

    Annemarie Groot, Senior Researcher, Adaptation to Climate Change, Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

    Lisa Sweet, Head of Future Protein, COVID Response, and Food-Health Food Systems Initiative, World Economic Forum

    14:45

    Live Q&A

    14:55

    Support the campaign and ‘Pledge NOW’

    An exclusive invitation to an Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue (FSSD)

    Dhanush Dinesh, Head of Partnerships and Outreach, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

    About 3 years ago (09/04/2021)
  • 132nd session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:

    EB 2021/132/R.24/Add.1 - India: Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth Project - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2021/132/R.24/Sup.1 - India: Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth Project - (English)

    About 3 years ago (09/04/2021)
  • 132nd session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:

    EB 2021/132/R.5/Add.1 - Revised IFAD Evaluation Policy - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2021/132/R.10/Add.2 - Update to IFAD’s Financing Conditions - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2021/132/R.6/Add.1 - Revised Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedures of the Evaluation Committee - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    About 3 years ago (08/04/2021)