International Fund for Agricultural Development (Rome)
Website: http://www.ifad.org/
November 23
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Africa: Aviation Biofuels - IFAD Calls for Sustainable Pro-Poor Development and Small Farmers Engagement in Developing Countries [press release]
An international workshop on Sustainable Pro-poor Development of Aviation Biofuels washeld in Rome today at Roma Tre University. Read more »
November 21
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Africa: UK Gives Funding Boost for Developing Countries [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Kingdom (UK) signed a £147,500,000 letter of commitment today, which earmarks funds for rural... Read more »
November 12
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Africa: Regional Forum On IFAD's Operations in West, Central Africa Examine Impact - the Gambia to Host 250 Development Practitioners From the Region [press release]
A four-day regional forum organized by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in collaboration with the Gambian government will be held in Banjul, The Gambia... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: IFAD Extends Grant Funding to the DRC to Boost Food Security [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$68.4 million grant to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to improve the productivity and incomes of... Read more »
October 26
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Niger: IFAD and Niger Sign a U.S.$21.46 Million Financing Agreement to Boost Small-Scale Irrigation [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$21.46 million loan and grant to the Republic of the Niger to improve the food security of smallholder... Read more »
October 16
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Africa: Creating Business Opportunities for a Globally Competitive Agricultural Sector [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) senior staff highlighted the potential of smallholder farmers in economic development and food security at the... Read more »
October 10
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Africa: Cooperation Agreement Signed Between AFD and IFAD [press release]
On Wednesday 3 October 2012, the Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Mr. Dov Zerah, and the President of the International Fund for... Read more »
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Africa: Globally Almost 870 Million Chronically Undernourished - New Hunger Report [press release]
Nearly 870 million people, or one in eight, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012, according to the new UN hunger report released today. Read more »
October 5
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Africa: Adaptation Plan for Smallholder Agriculture Programme Goes Live [press release]
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) is a new programme launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 2012 to channel climate and... Read more »
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Africa: The EU and the International Fund for Agricultural Development Sign a Partnership to Improve Sustainable Agriculture [press release]
Today in Brussels, European Union Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs and the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F. Nwanze,... Read more »
October 4
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Mozambique: Govt Granted U.S.$16.30 Million Loan For Agri-Projects [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will extend a loan of US$16.30 million to the Republic of Mozambique to finance the Pro-poor Value Chain Development... Read more »
September 27
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Africa: New Programme Launched to Empower Rural Women [press release]
UN Women and the three Rome-based United Nations agencies working on food and agriculture today launched a joint programme to empower poor rural women through economic integration... Read more »
September 24
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Africa: 'Increasing Yields Is Only the First Step to Economic Development' [press release]
The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F. Nwanze, will join world leaders at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Arusha,... Read more »
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Africa: IFAD Governing Council to Elect President for Next Four Years [press release]
The 36th session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will elect a President to lead the organization for the next four years. Read more »
August 27
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Nigeria: Ifad to Fund Value Chain Programme to Link Small Farmers to Markets in Nigeria [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of US$75.4 million to the Federal Republic of Nigeria to help improve food security and incomes of... Read more »
August 23
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Africa: At World Water Week, Experts Explore Solutions to Scarcity [press release]
Water scarcity affects one in three people on every continent of the globe. The situation is getting worse as needs for water rise along with population growth, urbanization and... Read more »
August 17
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Africa: Transfer Innovations From Research Labs to Farmers Fields - IFAD President at IITA in Nigeria [press release]
Kanayo F. Nwanze, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will deliver a keynote speech at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture... Read more »
August 3
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Madagascar: Country to Receive Boost for Agricultural Productivity Program [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of US$33 million and a grant of $2 million to the Republic of Madagascar to finance the Vocational... Read more »
June 14
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Africa: Smallholders Anchor Sustainable Development At Rio+20 [press release]
On the eve of his departure for Rio de Janeiro, Kanayo F. Nwanze, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), calls the Rio+20 conference a... Read more »
June 6
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Africa: Grant to Crate Jobs for African-Descendent Communities in Latin America [press release]
In an effort to counteract the deep-seated inequality affecting Latin America's afro-descendent communities, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) recently... Read more »
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Africa: Road to Rio+20 - Making Agriculture Climate-Smart [press release]
With the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development only two weeks away, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will launch a paper on how to make agriculture... Read more »
June 4
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West Africa: Partnership to Develop Crop Insurance to Secure Smallholder Incomes [press release]
Dov Zerah, Chief Executive Officer of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural... Read more »
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Africa: IFAD President Receives Honorary Doctorate From Canadian University [press release]
The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F. Nwanze was awarded an honorary doctorate of science, honoris causa, at the spring convocation... Read more »
May 23
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Kenya: Major Funding Boost for Resource Management Project [press release]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of US$33 million to the Republic of Kenya to finance the Upper Tana Catchment Natural Resource... Read more »
May 21
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Africa: Smallholder Farmers Are Vital to Success of New Initiative [press release]
Small farmers as a group are the largest private investors in African agriculture and supporting them to be more profitable must be a key goal of the newest effort to help... Read more »
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