Today during the launch of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) Replenishment Period 2020-25, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), donors increased their contributions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) – a world with zero hunger.
As part of GAFSP’s 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 GAFSP – meeting its yearly replenishment target for 2020. This new funding will allow GAFSP to continue its support for smallholder farmers, businesses, and countries to achieve food security by launching a new Call for Proposals in early 2021 to support COVID-19 response and recovery.
The World Bank Group works with partners to build food systems that can deliver adequate, safe, affordable and nutritious food to people in a sustainable way, both in times of crisis and beyond. The World Bank serves as host, Trustee, and is one of GAFSP’s implementing partners, which include regional and multilateral development banks and the Rome-based agencies.
“GAFSP encourages its partners to push the envelope in our field,” said Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank, “For instance, it was one of the instruments that pushed us at the World Bank to pay more attention to nutrition and the quality of food in our focus on agriculture – something that has been underlined as critical during this pandemic.”

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