IFAD in Africa: A Video Collection
Since its creation in 1977, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has focused on reducing rural poverty, by working with communities to tackle huner and malnutrition by implementing projects that increase productivity and incomes. The collection of IFAD videos below highlights the challenges and opportunities facing Africa's rural populations.
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26 January 2012
Mali: Reversing the Exodus
- Publisher:
- IFAD
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In Mali's rural areas, most young people leave the villages to try and find work in the cities. This is known as "the exodus" and it has a devastating ... see more »
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30 January 2012
Ghana: Going Local
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- IFAD
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Ghana currently spends over $1 billion on food imports, making it highly susceptible to price hikes. One way to prevent this, is to invest in local ... see more »
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15 February 2012
Gender and Rural Microfinance: A learning Route in Uganda
- Publisher:
- FAO & IFAD
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FAO in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and PROCASUR launched an initiative to strengthen women's access ... see more »
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7 January 2011
Ghana: Cassava Futures
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- IFAD
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Once known as 'poor man's food', cassava -- a starchy tuber -- may now be among the best hopes for reducing poverty in the West African country of ... see more »
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1 December 2011
Rwanda: Teatime with Bernadette
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- IFAD
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Bernadette is a tea farmer in Rwanda who, like many lost her family to the 1994 genocide. But since she and ... see more »
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6 December 2010
Madagascar: One Story...
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- IFAD
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Just one story to represent over 1.4 billion poor rural people who live on less than $1.25 a day. This is the ... see more »
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17 November 2011
Benin: Rose's New Job
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- IFAD
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Benin's lakes and wetlands have been depleted of fish due to overfishing and destruction of mangroves and natural ... see more »
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19 July 2011
Zanzibar: Farming 101
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- IFAD
- Publication Date:
They may have been farming for generations but now, for the first time, thousands of people on the Zanzibar ... see more »
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12 April 2011
Egypt: Young and Jobless
- Publisher:
- IFAD
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Egypt dominated the headlines at the beginning of the year when an unprecedented display of people power toppled ... see more »
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26 August 2011
Drought Watch (Ethiopia)
- Publisher:
- IFAD
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Hassan Adile is no stranger to drought. As one of 12 million pastoralists in Ethiopia, he travels great ... see more »
