Financing Food and Rural Development

Join the webinar “Financing Food and Rural Development" to deep dive into the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report and its implications for donors and development partners.

With only six years until 2030, the 2024 SOFI Report draws urgent attention to the need for governments, donors, the private sector and other actors to accelerate and scale up financing and investments towards ending hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity.

Join the webinar for:
• An overview of the SOFI 2024 report's key messages and recommendations, presented by FAO authors.
• A panel discussion with SOFI 2024 authors, government representatives, donors, and development finance partners on overcoming challenges in implementing the report's recommendations.
• Insights on the report's implications for partner/country governments, donors, and development partners, and the future of financing food and rural development.

Confirmed speakers include:
• Agnes Johan, Head of Blended Finance at Rabo Partnerships
• Dr Attiya Waris, Professor of Fiscal Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi in Kenya and UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights in 2021
• David Laborde, Director of the Agrifood Economics Division (ESA), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Hon. Neema Lungagira, Member of Parliament Tanzania and Board Member of the Global Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF and Member of the Executive Committee of the UN Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
• Oshani Perera, Co-founder and Director of Programmes, Shamba Centre for Food & Climate