RIYADH, 7th December, 2024 (WAM) -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) launched a new programme, aimed at strengthening efforts to transform global agrifood systems – from farm to table - so that they are sustainable, nature positive, resilient, inclusive and pollution-free.
Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP) was launched on Agrifood System Day at the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The programme will channel US $282 million in GEF financing and an estimated US $1.8 billion of co-financing towards global environmental benefits for biodiversity, land, and climate change, along with socioeconomic benefits of improved food security, nutrition, and livelihoods.
The programme targets agrifood systems of four sectors – crops (maize, rice and wheat), commodities (cocoa, palm oil and soy), livestock and aquaculture – across 32 countries.