Kanayo Nwanze, Chairman & Chief Executive of FAYODE and Compact2025 Leadership Council member, will serve as special representative of the CGIAR at the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS). Dr. Nwanze has over 40 years of expertise as former president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), former Director General of the CGIAR Research […]
Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh, joins the Compact2025 Leadership Council
We are delighted to announce that the Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh, Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has joined the Compact2025 Leadership Council. He joins a distinguished group of champions for ending hunger and malnutrition that provide strategic guidance to Compact2025 at global and country levels. As one of four focal countries of the Compact2025 initiative, Bangladesh continues to be committed […]
Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente of Rwanda joins the Compact2025 Leadership Council
We are delighted to announce that Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente has joined the Compact2025 Leadership Council. He joins a distinguished group of champions and influential thinkers to provide strategic guidance to Compact2025 and to help shape and unify commitments to end hunger and undernutrition. As one of four focal countries of the Compact2025 initiative, Rwanda […]
Unleash the power of young Africans: Supporting the farmers of tomorrow
This is a guest blog post authored by Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze The number of young people between ages 15 and 24 is growing rapidly. The youth bulge is particularly pronounced in Africa and south Asia, where the youth population is expected to double in the next 30 years. As of 2012, 10 million young […]
Reviewing progress and advancing Compact2025
The Compact2025 Leadership Council and Technical Advisory Committee review progress and discuss next steps for 2017.
