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Simple steps to climate-proof farms have big potential upside for tropical...
©IFAD/Radhika ChalasaniClimate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices have the potential to simultaneously boost yields, build resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly for communities...
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COP24 - Missing pathways to Paris: Land, equity and systemic change
How do we reach the Paris Long Term Goal through equity, rights and systems change in the land sector and beyond without relying on geoengineering and negative emissions technologies? Kevin Anderson,...
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New initiative between the European Union and the Rome-based agencies puts...
Photo credit: Sarisaina WilcoClare Bishop, Gender and rural livelihoods specialistThe opportunities for promoting gender transformative approaches (GTAs) received a major boost last week. The gender...
View ArticleAt D&C Days in Katowice, a recipe for eradicating world hunger
Reposted from the Climate Centre at COP 24 in KatowiceThe role of cooks in advocating for the second Sustainable Development Goal – to wipe out world hunger – was highlighted at Development and Climate...
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Transforming food systems under a changing climate: building consensus on action
Re-posted from CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food SecurityThe debate on agriculture in UN climate change negotiations is shifting from setting the agenda towards building...
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Le PASA-NK dans la Province du Nord Kivu est officiellement lancé!
par Abdelhaq Hanafi et Adriane Del TortoLe Projet d’Appui au Secteur Agricole Nord Kivu (PASA NK) a finalement été lancé à Goma le 6 décembre 2018 à Goma à l'Hotel Ihusi.En présence du gouverneur de la...
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La gastronomía, herramienta para el desarrollo rural en Bolivia, Perú y Chile
Alumnos MANQ'A en los huertos de AFLOHPA @Manq'aLa Paz albergó el pasado 4 de diciembre la primera reunión de presentación de resultados del proyecto Back to the roots (Volver a las raíces) impulsado...
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El FIDA y el desarrollo de los pueblos indígenas en El Salvador
El El Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA), junto al Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y la Organización de las Naciones Unidaspara la Alimentación y la...
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Successful South - South exchange on inclusive land and natural resource...
By Eva Komba, Kenneth Odary (Kajiado County LR participants), Giulia Barbanente (IFAD) and Mia Madsen (IFAD)Livestock market: Barbara Massler/PROCASUR/2018In October this year staff from the...
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The importance of georeferencing your project interventions - the case of...
Geospatial data can support IFAD operations throughout the entire project cycle. For example, national and regional mapping can provide input to a Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedure...
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Second Edition of the Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD)...
Building on the first training workshop conducted in Addis Ababa last year, the Second Edition of Local Workshops provided by the European Space Agency’s Earth Observation for Sustainable Development...
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Une visite pour constater les retombées concrètes des investissements du FIDA...
Par Espérance NdayikengurukiyeSara Mbago-Bhunu, Directrice régionale de la Division Afrique orientale et australe du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) a effectué une visite...
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Recipes for change comes alive at the IFAD Governing Council
By Andrew Morrow, IFADAmid the hustle and bustle of the opening day of IFAD's 42nd Governing Council, a sizable audience gathered to gain an insight into IFAD's Recipes for Change campaign. There was a...
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AVANTI Ag-Scan workshop takes place in Samoa
The second AVANTI Ag-Scan workshop was held in Apia, Samoa, in early February. The workshop brought together participants from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Ministry of Finance, the...
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Lessons and challenges of financial inclusion of young rural women in Latin...
Bogotá, 28 February - 1 March 2019by Maria Luisa SaponaroWith their differences and similarities, throughout Latin America, young women from rural areas represent an important group for the...
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Agricultural practices supported by IFAD reveal potential mitigation benefits
by Julianna White (CCAFS Low Emissions Development)Smallholder farmers increase yields and incomes through improved agricultural practices, often while also sequestering carbon and/or decreasing...
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IFAD and Portugal: a partnership from strength to strength
IFAD and Portugal share a deep commitment to ending rural poverty and hunger by supporting small farmers to improve their productivity and resilience. This was the overall message of the 1 March...
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Igniting a passion in farming for rural youth
by Chloe BensonDuring the IFAD Governing Council 2019, I had the opportunity to attend Sherrie Silver's press briefing on her new role as an IFAD Advocate for Rural Youth. During the Q&A session,...
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Progress of IFAD's first investment Fund
In 2017, IFAD took its first plunge into private sector investments by launching the Uganda Yield Fund in partnership with the European Union. The Yield Fund is an innovative, social impact investment...
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Africa Climate Week 2019
Africa Climate Week 2019 was marked from 18 to 22 March at the Accra International Conference Centre in Ghana on the theme: Climate action in Africa, a race we can win.The event brought together over...
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