The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a network of 41 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations, foundations, and development agencies. Set up in 2003 following the first High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in 2002, it brings together donors that believe the best way to tackle global poverty and hunger is to develop agriculture, reshape food systems, and invest in rural communities.

Their work sits at the intersection of a set of critical global issues that have a profound impact on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and longer-term human prosperity and security. The Platform strives towards these goals by convening donor organizations that make substantive investments in agriculture, rural development and food systems, to exchange information, discuss emerging priorities and determine effective strategies.