While financial products and systems have been improved in many urban areas of the Global South, their provision

is lagging behind severely in the rural regions. It has been estimated that an annual capital volume of…

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The 2003 Maputo Declaration aimed at boosting African agriculture requires governments to make difficult decisions on

budget priorities. Furthermore, tracking the progress of the initiative presents problems. Our author…

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The potential the African food sector holds is still far too strongly associated with the continent’s natural resources,

Ben Leyka maintains. He seeks to change this with the African Agri Council.

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Creating resilient food systems for people vulnerable to droughts calls for solutions triggering transformation. A number

of multilateral funds have been established to generate sustainable benefits in this context. Our…

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Even after 50 years of permanent shortcomings in rural financing, governments and banks are still bent on old-school thinking, the Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association…

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A sustainable transformation of our agricultural and food systems cannot succeed without the financial engagement of

the private sector. Helvetas’ Water Productivity Project is an example of how such engagement can…

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Rural 21: Mr Grover, what was your motivation to start working with the WAPRO project?
Rohan Grover: NatureBiofoods has always been a very sustainability-driven, responsible organisation. We are one of the pioneers of…

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Launched in December 2021, the G7 Sustainable Supply Chains Initiative brings together stakeholders from the public

and private sectors to support supply chain sustainability and due diligence. Shivani Kannabhiran from…

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Agroecological transitions require deep structural changes across diverse actors that may have different interests and only interact and cooperate to varying degrees with each other. The Nutrition in City Ecosystems…

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Food systems are both impacted by climate change and themselves major contributors to climate change. This report highlights a range of policies and innovations that should be prioritised and implemented now to tackle…

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