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Promoting responsible land governance in West Africa
IFAD has supported a Senegalese Think Thank, the Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR), in their efforts to disseminate information on responsible tenure governance in order to improve...
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Strengthening capacity of local actors on nutrition-sensitive agri-food value...
By Marian Amaka Odenigbo I just returned from the official launch of a regional project to support IFAD's initiatives on nutrition-sensitive agriculture. This event took place on 9-10 June, 2016 in...
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Training the trainers on Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture
By Marian Amaka OdenigboExtension workers from all the provinces in Mozambique came to receive training on nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Maputo. This is the first structured training on nutrition...
View ArticleDigging down to the Roots of Resilience on World Environment Day
To celebrate this year’s World Environment Day, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) brought together international experts to look at sustainable land management (SLM).The...
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Putting water in local hands: Farmers to manage irrigation systems in Rwanda
Written by: Francisco PichonOn 6 May 2016, the operation and the maintenance of five large irrigation systems in the District of Kirehe in Rwanda, have been formally transferred to Irrigation Water...
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IFAD Annual Report 2015: Cheat sheet
Go to the IFAD Annual Report 2015IFAD’s Annual Report and Highlights for 2015 have just been published. People from across the organization have contributed and the report contains a wealth of...
View ArticleAttention Aspiring Filmmakers: Biomovies Competition Call for Entries
Media charity tve is launching its seventh annual biomovies competition. As part of this, IFAD is sponsoring the Short Film Competition strand on Family Farmers. Entrants are invited to send in their...
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The Joint Programme RWEE comes of age
Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Lead Technical Specialist (Gender and Social Inclusion), Policy and Technical Advisory DivisionTwo years ago I would not have been confident to write a short blog on the Joint...
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Household Methodologies: from thousands of smiling couples to empowerment for...
Linda Mayoux, International ConsultantLet me share some personal reflections on the Forum on Empowerment through Household Methodologies, jointly organized by IFAD, Oxfam and Hivos (Rome, 27-29 June...
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Empowering rural men and women to work together
A recent IFAD event discusses the use of GALS methodology to understand gender and to boost financial inclusionBy Fred Iga Luganda and Vivienne LikhangaStandard approaches to gender mainstreaming are...
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2016 Global Gender Summit: Women's Economic Empowerment
Written by: Carmina Serrano MarquezSandra presented a powerful testimony of the history and success of the cooperative.Credit: C. Serrano Marquez"The women's cooperative started because we wanted to...
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Catalysing change in disadvantaged communities: The success story of village...
By Federica Emma and Francesca R. BorgiaThe Khatlon Livelihoods Support Project (KLSP) is the first IFAD-supported project in Tajikistan, a country where the institutional framework radically changed...
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International Youth Day 2016: What do rural youth want?
Did you know that the world will need to feed two billion more people by 2050? Or that farmer populations in developing countries are ageing rapidly (the average age of farmers is about 60)?There are...
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What do rural youth want? Luong Van Chuyen
In honour of International Youth Day, held annually on 12 August, IFAD is featuring seven rural youth from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, and to discover what...
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What do rural youth want? Jean Lomi
In honour of International Youth Day, held annually on 12 August, IFAD is highlighting seven rural youth from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, and to discover...
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What do rural youth want? Dali Ángel Pérez
In honour of International Youth Day, held annually on 12 August, IFAD is featuring seven rural youth from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, and to discover what...
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What do rural youth want? Sofiatou Ouedraogo
In honour of International Youth Day, held annually on 12 August, IFAD is featuring seven rural youth from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, and to discover what...
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What do rural youth want? Carlos Melendez
In honour of International Youth Day, held annually on 12 August, IFAD is featuring seven rural youth from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, and to discover what...
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What do rural youth want? Marian Taore
In honour of International Youth Day, held annually on 12 August, IFAD is featuring seven rural youth from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, and to discover what...
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What do rural youth want? Ma Van Hieu
In honour of International Youth Day, held annually on 12 August, IFAD is featuring seven rural youth from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, and to discover what...
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