The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a network of 38 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financing institutions, intergovernmental organisations and development agencies.
Members share a common vision that agriculture and rural development is central to poverty reduction, and a conviction that sustainable and efficient development requires a coordinated global approach.
Following years of relative decline in public investment in the sector, the Platform was created in 2003 to increase and improve the quality of development assistance in agriculture, rural development and food security.
// Agriculture is the key to poverty reduction
Agriculture, rural development, and food security provide the best opportunity for donors and partner country governments to leverage their efforts in the fight against poverty.
However, the potential of agriculture, rural development and food security to reduce poverty is poorly understood and underestimated.
Cutting-edge knowledge of these issues is often scattered among organisations, leading to competition, duplication of efforts, and delays in the uptake of best practices.
// Addressing aid effectiveness
Therefore the Platform promotes the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action for sustainable outcomes on the ground, and the Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.
Increasing aid to agriculture and rural development is not enough. Donors must work together to maximise development impact.
// Adding value
The Platform adds value to its members’ efforts by facilitating the exchange of their development know-how, which consolidates into a robust knowledge base for joint advocacy work.
Working with the Platform, members are searching for new ways to improve the impact of aid in agriculture and rural development.
- An increased share of official development assistance going towards rural development
- Measurable progress in the implementation of aid effectiveness principles
- Greater use of programme-based and sector-wide approaches
- More sustainable support to ARD by member agencies
// Vision
The Platform endorses and works towards the common objectives of its member institutions to support the reduction of poverty in developing countries and enhance sustainable economic growth in rural areas.
Its vision is to be a collective, recognised and influential voice, adding value to and reinforcing the goals of aid effectiveness in the agricultural and rural development strategies and actions of member organisations in support of partner countries.
// Evaluation
Between August and October 2014, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development underwent an Evaluation. The evaluators interviewed across board focal points (FPs) of member organisations, partner institutions, staff of the secretariat and key agricultural and rural development experts from different organisations involved in the Platform initiatives. KIT reviewed Platform documentation of the past 10 years, online resources and services to complete the assessment.
According to the report, the change in overall global development objectives of the Post-2015 agenda and its sustainable development goals (SDG) will only reiterate the relevance of the Platform’s work in coordinating donor activities. Agriculture and rural development are incorporated in many of the SDGs. The targeted development of appropriate policies and innovative strategies will depend on increased, cross-sectoral cooperation which the Platform stands for. The achievement of the Platform’s objectives of advocacy, knowledge sharing and network facilitation functions remains to be a crucial contribution to agriculture and rural development.
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Resources
Displaying 541 - 545 of 809Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP IV)
General
The project aims to develop improved and more secure livelihoods for poor people living on newly accreted coastal islands known locally as chars in the areas of Lakshmipur, Noakhali and Chittagong. This will be achieved through the provision of support for rural livelihoods, legal title to land and climate-resilient infrastructure benefiting about 28,000 households. On land and natural resource governance, the project aims to improve land record systems and to provide land titles for 20.000 households.
Biodiversity Preservation and Enhancement Program (PVB)
General
In the Massif de la Selle - located in the southeast of Haiti - is one of the last native forests of the country. Despite its status as a protected area, the preservation of the Pine Forest is threatened by the settlement around and in it of people in search of income. Thus, the project aims to strengthen the National Agency for Protected Areas of the Ministry of the Environment in its efforts to support the participatory management of the Protected Area by including local actors and by supporting the local population in the creation alternative income.
Land Tenure Security Sub-Activity
General
MCC’s compact with Niger is expected to increase rural incomes by increasing the production capacity and sustainability of natural resources, and by improving select links of key agricultural product value chains. The compact will invest in integrated water management; new infrastructure, including small- and large-scale irrigation systems, market platforms and improved roads; sustainable management of natural resources; and sustainable agricultural production. These activities will benefit rural producers whose livelihoods are derived from the agriculture and livestock sectors. Central to the compact is a land tenure security component to help farmers and pastoralists have reliable, inclusive and long-term access to land improved under the compact. A transparent, participatory and fair allocation strategy of lands improved under the compact is essential to reduce the risk of land conflict. Activities to reinforce local land governance include, (i) development of local land tenure profiles, including mapping of land rights, (ii) development by local stakeholders of criteria for land allocation, (iii) formalization of the allocated land rights by obtaining the appropriate land titling instruments, iv) building capacity of local land governance agencies, v) development of local land use plans, and vi) reinforcement of mechanisms to improve management and resolution of land conflicts.
Sustainable Rural Development for the Poor Project in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh Provinces (SRDP)
General
The goal of the project is to improve the income and reduce vulnerability of 31,000 rural poor households in the provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh, including 4,300 ethnic minorities, with a particular focus on women. The project will invest in participatory, climate smart and market oriented approaches in support of pro-poor value chain development, increasing financial inclusion and leverage financing for productive investments and operationalising participatory processes for forest use allocation. With regard to land and natural resource governance, the project aims to prioritize women headed and landless households in forest land allocation through a participatory approach and the issuance of forest land use certificates, it intends to provide support for land demarcation of approximately 5,000 ha and for the capturing of boundaries using Geographic Information Systems.
Rwanda Land Tenure Regularisation Programme
General
Support to the National Land Centre to demarcate, adjudicate and issue title deeds for approximately 10m plots of land across the country, including promoting joint ownership of women. The programme supports a participatory mechanism for land adjudication and disputes resolution, has invested in mapping technology and is strengthening the land administration system.