By CABI CABI has been awarded a $4.5 million contract from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with them to help address known constraints to data utility in agriculture development investments.
The World Civil Society Organizations Coordination Committee of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming proposed the need to produce a guide that summarizes the different international and regional legal frameworks and instruments that play a role in supporting and defending family farming, with a description of how this support is being put into practice. The World Rural Forum decided to commission the elaboration of the study to the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
By Samwel Onyango, Cassava Project Assistant and Masters graduate in Food Safety and Quality, University of Nairobi The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly disrupted food systems. In the ‘new normal’, Kenyan farmers are struggling to revitalize their farms and are keen to mitigate some of the challenges experienced due to lockdowns, controlled gatherings and movement restrictions … More Revitalizing Kenya’s cassava value chain post COVID-19
The #PartnersinAction Campaign As we near the closing of the year 2021, GFAR takes this opportunity to thank all our #PartnersinAction contributors, readers and those who engage in the comments section. When the #PartnersinAction campaign was flagged off in May we were hoping that you would offer your experiences in your various fields of work … More Letter from our Executive Secretary – Hildegard Lingnau
The Job
Partnership and Resource Mobilization Specialist
The Partnership and Resource Mobilization Specialist will focus on establishing new and strengthening existing relationships with resource partners to support GFAR and its members, liaise and mobilize financial and human resources in support of their work.
By Lauren Sarruf, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) A study by CCAFS has explored the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on Guatemala’s food production systems, generating a series of recommendations for the sector. The closures and safety measures adopted worldwide in response to the coronavirus outbreak continue to have profound … More Impact of COVID-19 on Guatemala’s agriculture sector
By Dr. Dennis Rangi, Director General, Development, CABI CABI’s Dr. Dennis Rangi, based in Nairobi, asks how we can apply the determination and urgency shown to the COVID-19 pandemic to plant pandemics on the African continent in order to help food security. During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across Africa showed great determination and urgency in … More Healthy crops are key to solving Africa’s food insecurity