Ecological Intensification and Ecosystem Services
Forests play an important role in the production of food, fuel, fibre and the provisions of other goods and services critical for human well-being. The quality and quantity of biodiversity, that...
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First Sudanese Learning Route on Natural Resource Management and Agricultural...
By Mia Madsen IFAD-supported projects in Sudan organised a Learning Route on Natural Resource Management and Agricultural Productivity, from 24 October to 2 November 2016. The Learning Route was the...
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Promoting collective action for rural transformation in Tonga
By Soane Patolo, Monica Romano and Sakiusa Tubuna©IFADIn October 2016, the Tongan Government officially launched the newly formulated Community Development Plans (CDPs) prepared by communities living...
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Nuevos caminos para fortalecer el seguimiento, la evaluación y la gestión del...
Por Annibale FerriniLos sistemas de Seguimiento y Evaluación (S&E) siguen representando uno de los problemas que más afectan los proyectos de desarrollo rural apoyados por el FIDA en América...
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The COP13 kicked off as it meant to go on - with discussions among high level...
by Ricci SymonsAt the high-level ministerial roundtables and plenaries in the weekend preceding the official start of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), ministers of tourism, forestry,...
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Back to the roots: Latin America and Africa share cooking experiences
Many people of African origin arrived in the Americas with the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries. Those who were directly from West Africa mostly arrived in Latin America as part of...
View ArticleTVE Biomovies Award Winners Announced
By Christopher NegliaThe IFAD-sponsored tve biomovies competition finished at the end of 2016 and the winners have been announced. In the Family Farming category, the winning entry is 28 year old...
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Learning event: How to broker Public-Private-Producer Partnerships (4Ps) in...
by Christa Ketting Stanley uses his mobile phone to communicate current market prices from a variety of traders and markets to producers in his group. The First Mile Project in Tanzania began in 2005...
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Year in review: Take a look at your favourite social media posts in 2016
By Michele PentorieriAnother year has passed, and we had a look at what engaged our followers the most on IFAD's social media last year. Here's what we discovered.Climate change: Recipes for change and...
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Land Policy Initiative: Generating African-led policies and strategies on...
Written by: Elisa MandelliAU Declaration on Land issues and Challenges in Africa. From the 4th to the 6th of December, the city of Arusha in Tanzania hosted the members and partners of the Land Policy...
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The Indigenous Peoples Forum and IFAD's Governing Council: Join the...
By Francesca AloisioIt seems like yesterday that the 39th session of the Governing Council (GC) of IFAD ended, after a very busy time spent organizing it, that usually requires the enthusiastic efforts...
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Civil Society Organizations' dialogue on communal land titling in Peru
Written by: Elisa MandelliParticipants at the event.©Plataforma para la Gobernanza Responsable de la Tierra –Perú 201615th of November last year, IFAD's Land Tenure team was in Lima, Peru, to...
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Joint village land use planning for the resolution of conflicts in Tanzania
Written by: Fiona Flintan, Senior Scientist ILRI and Technical Adviser for the Sustainable Rangeland Management Project, TanzaniaPastoralists, farmers and land use conflicts in BagamoyoAs drought...
View ArticleIFAD streamlining its environmental and social standards to a common UN approach
The UN Environment Management Group (EMG) established three new work streams under the “Consultative Process on Advancing the Environmental and Social Sustainability in the UN system“. This was...
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Hazard Zone - The Impact of Climate Change on Occupational Health
By Julie PotyrajThe impact of climate change on agriculture is often discussed in relation to environmental health. It threatens “global food security, sustainable development, and poverty...
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IFAD Governing Council: Day 1 highlights
IFAD's Member States meet for annual Governing CouncilBy Kerri DevlinDelegates representing countries from all over the world were in attendance at this year's Governing Council. ©IFADOn 14 and 15...
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IFAD Governing Council: Day 2 highlights
Recognizing the role of Indigenous PeoplesBy Claire FerryThe first day of IFAD's 40th session of the Governing Council was marked by keynote speakers and the election of the Fund's next president,...
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Where there is water, there is life
The impact of water and rural infrastructure rehabilitation in Mozambique.By Magali Marguet and Mawira ChitimaYumma used to walk 3km, five times a day, to the nearest Limpopo river to fetch about 125...
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Tchad: Les femmes actrices incontournables face au changement climatique
©IFAD/WCA Échanges avec les femmes de Saraf sur les effets du changement climatique et les techniques locales d’adaptation.Par Alice BrieMalgré le potentiel du secteur agricole...
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2017
To celebrate International Women's Day 2017 officials from the UN Rome-based agencies spoke about the importance of closing gender gaps in rural communities.By Claire FerryThe yellow mimosa was a badge...
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