SEED FUNDING JOINT PROGRAMMES
Rwanda
Resilient Food Systems: Enhanced Value Chain and Post Harvest Management
PROJECT TITLE | Resilient Food Systems: Enhanced Value Chain and Post Harvest Management |
| Context | Food systems transformation is embedded in several national policies in Rwanda, including the National Transformation Strategy, the Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation, the National Environment and Climate Change Policy. In 2021, Rwanda developed its National Pathway, which highlights four priority areas for the country towards 2030: ensuring food security and nutrition for all, while increasing demand for healthy diets; enhancing the environmental sustainability of food systems; improving livelihoods for farmers and all workers in food systems while building resilience to shocks; promoting inclusion of women and youth in food systems, including through enhanced financial opportunities. |
| PUNOs | FAO, WFP, IFAD |
| Contribution to SDGs | SDG 1 No Poverty; SDG 2 Zero Hunger; SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth; SDG 13 Climate Action |
| Contribution to other SDG transitions | Decent Jobs and Universal Social Protection; Energy Access and Affordability |
| Duration | July 2024 – June 2025 |
| Expected financial leverage | $ 3,070,000 |
| Alignment with SG Call to Action | Policy integration; Food systems governance; Research, data, technology and innovation; Inclusive and participatory design; Private sector engagement |
| Outcomes | The JP leverages on improved post-harvest management as a strategic approach to simultaneously reduce food loss, improve incomes, and boost food availability. The JP promotes the economic integration of youth-led MSMEs and builds linkages with partners and initiatives focused on nutrition and food security to connect the dots between food production, processing and consumption. |
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NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: Call to Exhibit at UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
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The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is pleased to invite applications for exhibition booths at FAO’s Headquarters in Rome over the three days of the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2), 24-26 July 2023. Applications are due no later than 31 May 2023.
Access the Exhibition Booth Application Form here.
Information and Guidelines
Exhibition booths will be placed on the ground floor of FAO, in the atrium of the grounds, for the entirety of the UNFSS+2. This large, open space is where FAO staff and guests convene, network and walk through. As a space that people naturally gravitate towards, it can attract attention, provide visibility and raise awareness to the National Convenors, public officials, UN agencies and other food system actors attending the UNFSS+2. The exhibition booths selected for this space will have the unique opportunity of capturing the diverse audience’s attention and help create a dynamic background for event coverage.
Exhibitors are expected to be on-site either Saturday or Sunday to prepare their table ready for Monday’s opening events. The set-up would remain for all three days of the UNFSS+2. Exhibition booths must always be staffed by at least one organization representative during the event hours (Agenda, TBC), two event access badges to selected applicants.
Selected applicants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs. There will also be a fee of 1,500 USD, covering all technical aspects of the exhibition booth (i.e., furniture, digital signage, branded table and backdrop). The design of each exhibition booth is to be done collaboratively with UNFSS+2 planning teams. Priority will be given to applications submitted by FSS Coalitions and relevant actors of the FSS Ecosystem of Support.
