Building bridges between finance and development cooperation for the adaptation of food systems
Addressing climate change and transforming food systems requires a coordination of public and private forces. This session will provide recommendations on enhancing food system adaptation in country-level investment processes.
The EU Practitioners Network (PN), FMO, ECDPM and DFCD will facilitate a dialogue among key relevant stakeholders, based on recent research around public-private collaborations and blended finance, focusing on different examples of climate finance and food value chain investment processes. It features experiences emerging from Europe, Africa and international public-private cooperation on the cooperation of financial institutions to increase access to finance for current marginalized actors in least developed countries (small-scale farmers, women, SMEs, Youth, etc.). (eg. GCA-AfDB Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program; FAO-ECDPM AgrInvest project; EDFIs’ guarantee schemes, assessment of climate risks and partnerships with donors and private sector).
Francesco Rampa
European Centre for Development Policy Management, Head of Sustainable Food Systems
Dr. Martin Fregene
African Development Bank, Director of Agriculture & Agro-Industry
Dr. Nalishebo Meebelo
Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes, Executive Director
Dr. Debisi Araba
Imperial College London, Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Policy
Simon O'Connell
CEO, SNV; Chair, European Practitioner's Network
Pieternel Boogaard
Director Agribusiness, Food & Water, FMO
Session organizer
