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Africa: Looking Beyond Money and Aid for Africa's Development
allAfrica, 8 July 2015
The Mediterranean has become a graveyard for Africa's youth. Every day we see images of people risking and often losing their lives in attempts to flee what would appear to be a… Read more »
IFAD Looks Beyond Money and Aid for Africa's Development
In an allAfrica.com guest column, Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) explains how investment in rural development is the key to a sustainable future, free of poverty and hunger for the people of Africa.
Small scale farmers prepare trench excavation and fertilization on the 300-acre grape production project, in preparation for the visit tomorrow by HM Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). She will be accompanied by representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) during their visit to meet rural community members and smallholder farmers.
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IFAD Makes Good on Development Goals Through Investment in Rural Communities, July 2015
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"Investing in rural development is key to delivering many development objectives, including adequate food, clean air, fresh water and biodiversity", writes Kanayo F. Nwanze, president of the ... see more »
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9 July 2015
Gambia - Reclaiming the Land
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- IFAD
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Using simple technologies, funded by IFAD, women in Gambia are able to retain water lost to drainage and increase crop yields, which they use to feed ... see more »
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7 July 2015
Senegal - Eat What You Grow
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- IFAD
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Senegal's Agricultural Value Chain Support Program, funded by IFAD, aims to increase rural incomes, create jobs, and decrease the country's six month ... see more »
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8 July 2015
Burkina Faso- Farming Futures
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- IFAD
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Through a simple idea introduced by IFAD, farmers in Burkina Faso have money to feed themselves through the hungry season, and generate surplus ... see more »
