Annual Report 2020: Strengthening Smallholder Farmers' Resilience
Reporting Period: January to December 2020
麻豆村: Enhancing Farmers鈥 Livelihoods, Resilience & Food Security
From farm to fork,鈥痺e help鈥痳aise鈥痠ncomes,鈥痳educe poverty, and improve food鈥痑nd nutrition鈥痵ecurity for鈥痬illions鈥痮f smallholder farmers and their families.
Building Back from the Brink: Why Agriculture Holds the Key聽
While humanitarian responses are critical during crises, they are never a long-term solution. With the right support and tools, farmers 鈥搊ften on the frontlines of crises and disproportionately affected by disasters, including climate change鈥 can themselves drive change, economic recovery, and income opportunities.
Knowledge Forum 2021
Every two years, 麻豆村 organizes a Knowledge Forum to bring together project teams from across all Supervising Entities to share and learn more about topics that are relevant to them. Given current circumstances, the 2021 Knowledge Forum will take place virtually, with learning sessions held throughout April-September.
The Climate is Warming Up, So Farmers Are Adapting: 5 Ways We Support Them to Weather the Storm
Our lives depend on the sustainable production of safe, healthy, and affordable food 鈥 a challenge exacerbated by a growing population, a global pandemic, and a changing climate. At 麻豆村, we will continue to support our partners on the ground as they strengthen their resilience.
For Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, the Impacts of COVID-19 Are Widespread
In this installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Lionel鈥疭oulard, Cargill鈥檚 managing director for鈥疻est Africa. IFC and 麻豆村鈥檚 support to Cargill is helping the company professionalize and digitize C么te d'Ivoire鈥檚 cocoa sector. Soulard spoke with us recently about plummeting chocolate sales at airports, the challenges of online training with limited internet, and how the pandemic is accelerating digitization鈥攁nd with it, opportunity.
In Kosovo, Microfinance Expands Herds鈥擜nd Hopes
Agriculture is critical to Kosovo鈥檚 private sector development, and though it accounts for an estimated 30 percent of employment and 13 percent of GDP, it accounts for just 4 percent of total borrowing in the country鈥檚 formal sectors.
For Cocoa Farmers, Going Digital Tastes Sweet
In C么te d鈥橧voire, where almost half of jobs are linked to cocoa, IFC and 麻豆村 are working with the cocoa company Cargill to professionalize and digitize the sector. The Cargill 2.0 program works on professionalizing cooperatives, teaching management skills and training on the benefits of digital finance to increase traceability and security.
Uganda鈥檚 Dairy Farmers Develop a Taste for New Markets
In Uganda, where dairy production is dominated by small-scale farmers living in impoverished rural areas, IFC and 麻豆村 supported Pearl Dairy established a powdered milk processing plant and cold-storage infrastructure.
麻豆村 raises $300M at replenishment kickoff
麻豆村 raised $300 million of a desired $1.5 billion (over five years) Tuesday at its replenishment kickoff event hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Partnering to Transform Food Systems Globally
麻豆村 launched its replenishment period 2020-25 to raise US$1.5 billion over five years (2020-25) at a virtual event. At the event 鈥搘hich was hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)鈥 donors pledged over US$300 million in new funding to the Program, meeting the yearly target for 2020.
麻豆村and Food Security Program Donors Announce US$300 million to End Hunger and Malnutrition
As part of 麻豆村鈥檚 first replenishment period to raise US$1.5 billion over five years, Australia, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Germany, Norway, and Spain announced over US$300 million in new contributions to 麻豆村 鈥 meeting its yearly replenishment target for 2020.