Agri-Food Systems Accelerator
The Accelerator brings fragmented efforts together to turn national food systems plans into coordinated, financed action with real impact for people and the planet.
We unite governments, investors, and partners to deliver coordinated solutions.
Co-created from the start.
Governments, development partners, and financiers are involved from day one.
Root causes, not symptoms.
Together, governments and partners identify what is really holding progress back.
Grounded in evidence and reality.
Data and local insight are used to agree on priorities and practical next steps.
Designed to mobilise finance.
Priorities are co-shaped into coordinated and financeable actions.
What the Accelerator delivers
A shared, government-led priority for action
Clear agreement on the food system issue to address first.
How the Accelerator works
The Accelerator helps overcome fragmented implementation. It operates as one coordinated partnership, bringing together expertise from multiple institutions around your priorities.
Understand your food system challenge
What we do
We start by working with you to review and clarify your existing food system plans, strategies, and actions, building on what already exists. Together, we look at where progress is happening and where the Accelerator can help you accelerate. Early on, the relevant ministries and partners are brought together to align on priorities and establish a shared baseline.
What you get
You leave this step with a shared, government-led direction for action and a clearer focus on the food system challenges that matter most, rooted in the national context and aligned across key ministries.
The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is the entry point to the Accelerator.
Requests for support are submitted through the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, which serves as the Secretariat of the Accelerator. The Hub helps ensure that requests are country-led, aligned with national food systems pathways, and coordinated across partners.
To get started, governments are asked to share:
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A short description of the challenge
What food systems challenge or bottleneck do you want to address?
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The outcome you want to achieve
What would success look like?
How to get involved
The Agri-Food Systems Accelerator is a country-led, multi-partner platform. Different partners engage in different ways, aligned with their mandates, expertise, and risk appetite.
Your potential role
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Shape and finance investment-ready food systems pipelines
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Co-design blended finance and risk-sharing structures
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Deploy capital aligned with country priorities and SDG outcomes
How to engage
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Join early-stage pipeline development with governments and partners
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Co-create financing structures aligned with your mandate
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Invest in de-risked, country-endorsed opportunities
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Invest in de-risked, country-endorsed opportunities
Ready to accelerate your country's transformation?
Whether you have a quick question or you're ready to explore support, we'd like to hear from you. Wherever you are in your food systems transformation journey—early ideas, active planning, or moving towards implementation—reach out and we'll help you identify a clear next step.
Partners
Whether you have a quick question or you're ready to explore support, we'd like to hear from you. Wherever you are in your food systems transformation journey—early ideas, active planning, or moving towards implementation—reach out and we'll help you identify a clear next step.
Secretariat
The Accelerator brings fragmented efforts together to turn national food systems plans into coordinated, financed action with real impact for people and the planet.
Co-leads
Technical Partners
Together, governments and partners identify what is really holding progress back