IFC and the Government of Canada have partnered to address market gaps that create food insecurity. The Canada Facility for Resilient Food Systems (FRFS), established in 2023, focuses on key strategic pillars for agribusiness including food security and nutrition; inclusive development; and sustainability and climate as business drivers. The facility supports projects aligned to IFC’s Global Food Security Platform (GFSP), a $6 billion financing facility to strengthen the private sector's ability to respond to food insecurity and help support food production, in both lower and middle income countries. FRFS includes a focus on crosscutting priorities such as climate-smart agriculture and agtech, gender, and nutrition, with support open to both investment and advisory projects.
FRFS has seen record utilization since its inception with four impactful investment commitments and four gender relevant advisory projects.
With concessional support from FRFS, IFC has supported a large and impactful food security project in Ukraine, the first and the only flour mill in Sierra Leone, financed a project in DRC for wheat import substitution and in Cameroon supported local production of yogurt, a low-cost protein-rich nutritious food to base of pyramid consumers in a country with high inflation and 1/4th of the population living in extreme poverty.
FRFS is also supporting IFC’s Global Food Safety and Food Loss Prevention platform.
Last updated: November 2025