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Land Rights are Human Rights: Contributing to Fighting Climate Change
By Nerina MuzurovicThe panel at the side event at COP22. ©IFAD/N. MuzurovicAt an event sponsored by the Netherlands, held at the COP22 in Marrakech on 15 November 2016, the Kingdom of the Netherlands’...
View ArticleFarming as a business in Fiji
By Tevita Ravumaidama and Monica RomanoFiji is an archipelago in the south Pacific of more than 300 islands. According to 2015 estimates, approximately 43 per cent of the population lives in rural...
View ArticleThe first IFAD/GEF Integrated Approach Pilot project starts up in Swaziland
By Ilaria FirmianLast week, the Climate-Smart Agriculture for Resilient Livelihoods project was launched at the Sibane Hotel in Ezulwini, Swaziland, with the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of...
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Traditional cuisine highlights nutrition across afro-descendant communities
Written by: Marian Amaka OdenigboTraditional cooking goes beyond preserving traditional values. “Traditional cooking brings togetherness, it connects people, love, different food patterns, recipes,...
View ArticleYou cannot protect biodiversity without considering agriculture
The ministerial round-table on agriculture at the UN's Biodiversity Conference highlighted the immense importance placed on agriculture when discussing protecting biodiversity.After an opening from...
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Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Fisheries at CBD
By Brian ThomsonFisheries and aquaculture are important contributors to food security and livelihoods at household, local, national and global levels. Today's roundtable on fisheries at the CBD...
View ArticleCBD COP13 – A warm welcome and agriculture firmly on the table
More than 190 government decision makers have gathered in Cancun, Mexico for the Conference on Biological Diversity (CBD). With just four years remaining to achieve the Aichi targets, the worry is high...
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The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries:...
Written by: Michele PentorieriPanel at the CFS side-event. ©IFAD/M. PentorieriOn 19th October, a side event at the Committee on World Food Security (CFS43) called "Human rights, food security and...
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Gender and Nutrition: A Happy Marriage
By Francesca AloisioA young mother in Mafupa Village (Malawi). She can use the chicken’s eggs to improve the family diet and then sell any extra for income. ©IFAD/Marco Salustro 2016Gender equality and...
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Round Table Dialogue on Consultation for Indigenous Peoples and local...
By Stefano Consiglio, IFAD Country Office TanzaniaOn 3-4 December 2016 a round table dialogue on consultation for indigenous peoples and local communities was co-hosted by IFAD Country Office in...
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Linking Zero Hunger and Biodiversity
On the first day of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB) IFAD held a side event to discuss the linkages between biodiversity conservation, smallholder farmers and achieving the Sustainable...
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Whassup with Agriculture: AgTalks session focused on young innovators and how...
Written by: Michele PentorieriThe speakers at the AgTalks session that focused on youth in agriculture. ©IFAD/M. PentorieriOn 29th November, the eight session of AgTalks took place at IFAD's...
View ArticleBiomovies – IFADs prize for family farming
IFAD's Director for Environment and Climate Margarita Astralaga spoke at the biomovies award screening at the UN's Biodiversity Conference in Cancun (CBD COP13), where the finalists in the...
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Do you know what “gaslighting” is?
Written by Maria Hartl, Senior Technical Specialist - Gender and Social Equity, IFAD/PTAHave you ever heard about gaslighting? You are not alone if you wonder what it has to do with gender-based...
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Innovative ways of doing agricultural development sustainably
So how is the development community responding to the crisis facing smallholder farmers in the developing world relating to climate change while also dealing with the biodiversity crisis?Among other...
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Reaching out: WFP Men Stand for Gender Equality Movement at IFAD
By Patrick Teixeira, Programme Policy Officer, Gender Office, WFP, RomeMichael Hemling, Finance Officer, Yangon, WFP, MyanmarSam Sieber, Communication Specialist, Performance Management and Monitoring,...
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Gender-based violence is more than just a women's issue: WFP men’s group...
By Sabrina VerleysenAs the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence come to a close, I got the pleasure of attending a Gender Breakfast, an interactive and informal event that is held once a month...
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Learning Route on Practical Solutions to adapt to climate change in...
By Vivienne Likhanga“Climate change issues are pertinent all across the world. One moment we are experiencing floods and the next we are facing extreme drought. The climate change euphoria that is with...
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From home to the workplace and the operations we support: gender-based...
From the 25th November to the 10th December, the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign was a real learning journey for me. I particularly appreciated the learning event organized...
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