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RBA gender teams lead the field in peer review
Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Lead Technical Adviser, IFAD; Regina Laub, Senior Technical Officer, FAO and Patrick Teixeira, Programme Adviser, WFPThe Rome-based agencies’ gender teams are recognized as...
View ArticleWorking with Pastoralist Communities in Ethiopia’s Lowlands
For the past ten years, the Pastoral Community Development Programme (PCDP), jointly funded by IFAD and the World Bank, has worked to increase the resilience of Ethiopian pastoralist communities in the...
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First ever legal guide on contract farming
By Marieclaire Colaiacomo, Programme Officer ESA©IFAD/David Alan HarveyToday, the first ever Legal Guide on Contract Farming is being launched by IFAD, UNIDROIT and FAO. The guide provides the...
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Addressing malnutrition among smallholder farming communities
Photo by Marian Amaka OdenigboBy Marian Amaka OdenigboOn 22 July 2015, IFAD-funded Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme (SAPP) in Zambia embarked on a food survey. This is the first food...
View ArticleFood and farming under climate change: moving towards a global agreement
By: Vanessa Meadu Can a global climate change agreement meaningfully respond to the needs of smallholder farmers, who are already feeling the impacts of climate change? And can smallholder farmers join...
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IFAD’s President visits the Democratic Republic of Congo
IFAD’s President and DR Congo’s President of the Chamber of Deputies, Aubin Minaku - ©IFAD/D.PaquiIFAD has supported rural development initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since...
View ArticleBIOSYNG Workshop in Florence- The future of Biogas
By: Karan Sehgal, Renewable Energy Technologies Portfolio OfficerI recently returned from a workshop in Florence where participants including academics, scientists and development practitioners...
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Flowers and Food Security
Do you know what the national flower of Hawaii, Haiti, Malaysia and South Korea is? The delicious tea made from its flowers can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, boost the immune system and help...
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Asia Pacific - Procasur supervision and steering committee
Asia-Pacific Local Champions Exhibition (10-12 August, Cambodia)The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of Cambodia, the International Fund for Agriculture Development and PROCASUR are...
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RoutAsia - Local champions Meeting Phnom Penh 10-13 August 2015
The first Asia-Pacific Local Champions Exhibition opened today at the Royal University of Agriculture of Phnom Penh. The three-day event receives more than a hundred guests from eight countries,...
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RoutASIA Special Field Training at Takeo Province
Participants of the Local Champions Exhibition are welcomed to the Healthy Spirit (Mongkol) Communicty Learning Center in Takeo Province on the second day. The special Field training offered...
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Community radio reaching out to small scale farmers in Mozambique
Local radio stations can be a powerful means of communication, particularly to smallholder farmers located in remote rural places. When listening to the radio, they feel connected to the rest of the...
View ArticleRecipes for Change: Chefs Feature Ingredients from Small Farmers Adapting to...
Written by Emily NinkOriginally posted here.2014 was the hottest year on record, according to both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Ocean and Atmospheric...
View ArticleScaling-Up at national level for successful development programmes in Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Rural Financial IntermediationProgramme (RUFIP) supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), enabled more than 3 million poor rural households to get out of...
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Asia-Pacific Local Champions Exhibition goes to Takeo
Asia-Pacific Local Champions Exhibition goes to Takeo Location: O’saray Commune, Tram Kak District, Takeo Province, Cambodia Watch the Video Documentary HereOn August 11, as part of the Asia-Pacific...
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A Spotlight on Farmer Voices in the Post-2015 Process
Written by Farming FirstThis week, Farming First has launched a new online resource that vocalises calls-to-action from farmers around the world on what they hope the adoption of the Sustainable...
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Sustainable Development Goals: 2015 - time for global action for people and...
Written by Francesca Aloisio for Words in the BucketFrom September 25 to September 27, more 193 world leaders will gather together at the UN headquarters in New York to attend the UN Sustainable...
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Women and agricultural biodiversity – from the seed to the table
By Maria Hartl, Senior Technical Specialist - Gender and Social EquityEXPO Milan has definitely given us the space to talk – with a calendar of occasions for exchange about topics that often do not...
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IFAD/EU unveil 16 million euro ASEAN farmers' organizations support program...
Makati City, Philippines -12 September 2015 - The European Union (EU) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are pouring in fresh support to a capacity building programme that...
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Food and identity: local recipes on the grill
Written by Bertrand Reysset Participants at the congress in Milan. Photo credit: Bertrand ReyssetThe VI World Congress of Agronomists, held in the Expo conference room, started on Tuesday 15 September...
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