World Bank - GAFSP

                          The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)
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Background
The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program aims to improve the income and food security of poor people in developing countries through more and better public and private sector investment in agriculture and rural development that is country-owned and led. The Program seeks to close existing financing gaps in bilateral and multilateral assistance by:

- Providing additional financing to developing countries that have demonstrated a commitment to a comprehensively increasing agricultural growth, enhancing food security, and combating rural poverty in an environmentally sustainable manner.

- Aligning responses to funding requests by countries and regional entities to increase the effectiveness of interventions, approving additional funding based on transparent and needs-based processes.

- Including a separate private sector financing window that will provide long and short term loans, credit guarantees, and equity to support private sector activities for agricultural development and food security

Contact Information: gafspcoord@worldbank.org

Relevant Documents
- Framework Document for the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (pdf)

- Country Guidelines for the Public Sector Window (pdf)

- Successful Country Proposals Under the First Window of GAFSP

- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Country Guidelines Proposals

GAFSP Donors
Canada
Spain
The Republic of Korea
United States
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

GAFSP Steering Committee

First Steering Committee Meeting:
Steering Committee list (pdf)
Framework Document (pdf)
Minutes of the First Steering Committee Meeting (pdf)

Second Steering Committee Meeting:
Country Guidelines for the Public Sector Window (pdf)
GAFSP Governance Document 14 May 2010 (pdf)
Call for Proposals 2010 (pdf)
Minutes of the second Steering Committee Meeting (pdf)

Third Steering Committee Meeting:
iTAC assessment for funding (pdf)
iTAC Members (pdf)
iTAC TOR (pdf)
Financial Overview Trustee (pdf)
GAFSP FY11 Administrative Budget (pdf)
Rules of Procedures (pdf)
Minutes of the third Steering Committee Meeting (pdf)