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COP14 Day 3 - Transitions of shifting cultivation in South and South-East...
By Marie Aude Even, Rasha Omar, Esha SinghShifting cultivation is a way of life and provides food and incomes to around 34 million people in South-East Asia and several million people in South Asia. It...
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Pathways to resilient food systems - approaches from sub-Saharan Africa
By Jonky Yawo Tenou and Esha Singh On Day 2 of the UNCCD COP14, IFAD in with GEF and partners organised a side event showcasing case studies from three projects in sub-Saharan Africa that are part of...
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IFAD shares exciting innovations at the tech fair @UNCCD COP14
By Rasha Omar and Jonky Yawo Tenou IFAD participated in the technology fair organized during the COP14 where over 8,000 participants were expected from 2-13 September 2019. IFAD displayed projects,...
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COP14 Day 5 - Agroecology and organic farming in reversing land degradation
by Marie-Aude Even IFAD participated in the discussion on agroecology and organic farming in the Himalayas during the UNCCD COP14 side event Future Policy Award led by UNCCD, World Future Council and...
View ArticleCOP14 Day 4 - IFAD shares innovations at the tech fair
By Rasha Omar and Jonky Yawo Tenou IFAD participated in the technology fair organized during the COP14 where over 8,000 participants were expected from 2-13 September 2019. IFAD displayed projects,...
View ArticleIFAD at the Global Environment Facility day at COP 14
Global Environment Facility (GEF) organized a one day event at UNCCD COP14 dedicated to its transformation change in food, urban, and energy systems. Such transformation requires investments with...
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Changing minds and mobilising for drought management
By Marie-Aude Even, Senior Regional Agronomist During COP14, two side events and a publication sought to engage further policy makers in moving to a proactive approach through active engagement and...
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Drought high on the COP14 agenda
By Marie-Aude Even, IFAD Senior Regional AgronomistDroughts affect many regions, notably drylands, which include a third of world's population and majority of the world’s poor; produce 44 per cent of...
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Sharing new approaches to bring together gender, youth, nutrition and climate
Participant from Malian delegation at seed producer cooperative in Lemo Bilbilo District. Photo credit: S. Samuel, CCAFSEmerging evidence show that interventions that can fully integrate multiple...
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The impact of remittances on rural transformation in Africa: from commitment...
11 October 2019 African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The event was organized by Ecuador’s Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2019 Chair, in partnership with IFAD and the...
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Drought day engages policy makers, women & innovative financing at COP14
By Marie-Aude Even (Senior Regional Agronomist), Michael Hamp (Lead Regional Specialist – Rural Finance, Market Access and Value Chain), Audrey Nepveu (Global specialist – Water & Rural...
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COP14 - IFAD shares country experiences in UN-Water drought event
By Marie-Aude Even, IFAD Senior Regional AgronomistOn 5 September 2019, IFAD participated to the UN-water side event - Dealing with drought: a multifaceted view that shared country integrated drought...
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Gender Awards 2019: Celebrating the Real Groundbreakers!
By Elena Flores RuizOn Friday, 11 October 2019, we had the pleasure to celebrate the fifth edition of the IFAD Gender Awards at our headquarters in Rome, kindly sponsored by the Government of Spain....
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Recognising results: NEN project performance awards in Monitoring &...
By Isabelle StordeurOctober 2019Responding to the ambitious goals of the Agenda 2030 requires a culture of results. This is to ensure that our activities on the ground are relevant, inclusive and...
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Linking project knowledge to policy engagement
By Ilaria Firmian, Regional Specialist, APR, IFAD KLMPE participants presenting a project experience on participatory mappingKnowledge management and policy engagement are both high on IFAD’s agenda,...
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COP 25 - Driving food system transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean
With Chile holding the presidency for the ongoing 25th Conference of the Parties in Madrid, Latin America and the Caribbean were always likely to feature prominently throughout proceedings. That proved...
View ArticleRaising ambition for climate action in Latin America through transformation...
Drawing on the latest scientific findings from the Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate initiative, the CGIAR’s Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)...
View ArticleInterview Liza Leclerc on Climate Action Report 2019
IFAD’s Climate Action Report 2019 was released this week at the UNFCCC COP25 in Madrid, Spain. The report is designed to inform as well as inspire those in the global community and in the field working...
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Solar egg incubators transform livelihoods in Cambodia
Veth Lay lives in Kdei Run Village in Cambodia and is the head of a family of five. Their livelihood was in a difficult situation with their main source of income from rice farming and construction...
View ArticleRaising ambition for climate action in Latin America through transformation...
Drawing on the latest scientific findings from the Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate initiative, the CGIAR’s Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)...
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