GAFSP is a financing and partnership platform created by the G20 to end hunger and poverty – channeling resources to farmers, businesses, and countries.
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GAFSP launches a new US$163 million Call for Proposals to help low-income countries strengthen food security, build climate resilience, and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers.
Learn more: gafspfund.org/news/gafsp-ope…
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On the ground in low-income countries, @GAFSPfund is unlocking markets with custom financing and de-risking tools.
We’re helping AgriConnect move 300 million farmers from subsistence to surplus. 🚜🌾
Agriculture is about more than food. It's about jobs, businesses, trade, and opportunity. One year into AgriConnect, early results across Africa show how connecting farmers to markets can unlock wider economic growth.
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Higher crop yields alone won't deliver food security. If farmers can't reach markets, productivity is only the first step.
A review of projects across 7 countries highlights crucial insights for lasting impact.
From the Ground Up report: gafspfund.org/news/civil-soc…
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🌍 At #UNFCCC Bonn, civil society organizations highlighted GAFSP's producer organization-led financing as a best-practice model for climate action in agriculture, calling for it to be replicated across climate funds.
See how PO grants work: bit.ly/4jM7DYg
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📣 Wondering about co-financing for GAFSP's 9th Call for Proposals?
Co-financing is required for eligibility, and proposals where it matches or exceeds 50% of the GAFSP grant earn additional points.
FAQs and how to apply: bit.ly/3RoKZeG
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Creative responses are needed when food insecurity impacts fragile states.
At #FragilityForum, @WFP's @CarlSkau backed partnerships rooted in governments and local organisations.
Watch the full discussion: bit.ly/4w5xBeu
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Through the PARE-COVID project, 🇧🇮 Burundian farmer Jackline Murikatete mastered agroecological practices, boosted productivity, bought a cow & acquired 2 rice fields.
Watch her story: bit.ly/4oI2F1s
Explore the project: bit.ly/44ueGOo
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Listen to this podcast on how #AgriConnect aims to help 300 million farmers move from subsistence to surplus.
Speakers:
- Martin Ssali, @smartfoodsug
- Nicole Lefore, @waterforfood
- Ranjith Mukundan, @stellapps
- Sergiy Zorya, @WorldBankGroup
🎧 bit.ly/4xJto1M
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📣 How will GAFSP's 9th Call for Proposals submissions be scored? See the scoring framework and more FAQs: bit.ly/3RoKZeG
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🇧🇹 In Bhutan's mountainous Southwest, the Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project (FSAPP) helped 13,000 households increase incomes by 24% through climate-resilient crops, irrigation and market access. 60% of participants were women.
See how:
bit.ly/4fAqllL
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📣 58 IDA-eligible countries can apply for GAFSP's 9th Call for Proposals.
🎯15 countries which have never received GAFSP funding before will earn extra application points.
Watch the full informational webinar for details: bit.ly/441pR0Q
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🌾 50% higher incomes from selling organic rice.
In one of Cambodia's most food-insecure areas, a GAFSP-funded project led by @WFP and the Cambodian Agricultural Cooperative Corporation is transforming smallholder livelihoods.
Watch their new video:
bit.ly/3Qm5Vm6
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🇨🇲 In Cameroon, cassava, maize and sorghum are grown on over 75% of farms. GAFSP's $6M joint @WorldBankGroup and @IFC_org project is working to give 150,000 farmers and their producer organizations better access to credit and competitive supply chains.
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🇧🇩 What happens when finance reaches farmer organizations directly?
In Bangladesh, GAFSP's Missing Middle Initiative reached over 10,000 smallholders, strengthening producers' governance and market access. See how the model can be scaled up: bit.ly/4aFq3GN
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Top tips for GAFSP’s 9th Call for Proposals:
1️⃣ Apply early
2️⃣ Secure your documents & co-financing documents
3️⃣ Address the cross-cutting priorities
4️⃣ Be succinct
Watch the full webinar here: bit.ly/441pR0Q
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🇸🇱 In Sierra Leone, a $25M grant from GAFSP is bringing biofortified cassava and orange-flesh sweet potato into 24,500 hectares of cultivation, reaching 943,200 people. Explore how country-led projects are transforming food security: bit.ly/4uKxTH7
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"Even when all harvests are not successful, we manage several gardens, because the vegetables provided are no longer wasted." — Berline Joseph, smallholder farmer in Haiti, on how the PARAGA project strengthened her food security. Watch her story: bit.ly/4x3kb3G
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🇧🇫 Nourishing people, livestock and soils
In Burkina Faso, GAFSP's PAPSA program has improved over 850,000 lives through lowland development, small-scale irrigation, and water corridors for animals, helping farming communities adapt to climate pressures: bit.ly/3Rx2xFz
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📅 Save the date: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Informational webinar on GAFSP's $163M Call for Proposals.
Covering eligibility, proposal requirements & how to apply — bring your questions to the team.
🕘 9:00 AM EDT
📍 Virtual
Zoom log-in details & FAQs: bit.ly/3RoKZeG
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"Producer organizations harness the collective power of their members to strengthen value chains, cut costs, and improve livelihoods" — Shobha Shetty, GAFSP Head.
Read her full @nopovertyhunger blog on building resilience against the food crisis: bit.ly/4u4yfY3
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📈 What you can't measure, you can't change.
87% of GAFSP's recent projects track women's decision-making power, income control and other critical metrics to ensure genuine, measurable progress for women farmers beyond participation counts.
Learn more: bit.ly/3ZMxcPN
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