Global Donor Platform For Rural Development
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a network of 40 bilateral and multilateral development agencies, international financing institutions, intergovernmental organizations, and foundations.“To enhance the impact of development investments in agriculture, food systems, and rural livelihoods through informed policy and programming”. The Platform’s mission reflects its key roles in advocacy and knowledge sharing through a donor network to deliver effective knowledge and learning in support of agriculture, food systems and rural livelihoods. Its ambition is to be able to inform donor policy and programming in ARD in the public sector and to encourage more and responsible private investment.
“Prosperous and sustainable rural communities underpinning global food and nutrition security”.The Platform’s members share a common vision that is framed around pathways to achieve ‘zero hunger’ (SDG 2). These must be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, centered on the capacity of agriculture and rural livelihoods to generate employment and economic growth, to address inequalities, and to underpin national, regional and global food and nutrition security.
The Platform was formed in 2003 through the collective action to lobby for increased public and private investments in agriculture and rural development. The promotion of development effectiveness for inclusive and sustainable rural transformation as a prime objective of the Platform derives from the global call to implement Agenda 2030 and the agreement on Finance for Development by the international community and developing countries.