This is rural poverty in…
Interviews with IFAD Country Program Managers highlight the context of rural poverty in Latin America and the CaribbeanArgentinaPaolo Silveri is IFAD's Country Program Manager for Argentina. In this...
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Climate Conversations - What lessons can Sandy teach?
By Elwyn Grainger-JonesHere’s a striking juxtaposition - I spent last week with government officials from the poorest countries in the world at the Climate Investment Funds meeting in Istanbul...
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Learning Route, Managing Forests, Sustaining Lives, Improving Livelihoods of...
Learning Route, Managing Forests, Sustaining Lives, Improving Livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Groups in the Mekong Regionby the AIPP-PROCASUR TeamMekong Region government representatives...
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Value Chain Development in Bangladesh
The Finance for Enterprise Development and Employment Creation Project (FEDEC) has been working since 2007 to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction in Bangladesh. Thereby it focussed on...
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In the ‘New Flower’ of Africa, grappling with the challenge of sustainable...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Addis Ababa means ‘New Flower’ in Amharic, Ethiopia’s ancient national language, and the name still seems apt despite the capital’s 21st century sprawl. New, modern buildings...
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Communal Land Titling for sustainable bamboo forestry management in Lao PDR
Communal Land Titling for sustainable bamboo forestry management in Lao PDRReport from the Learning Route: Managing Forests, Sustaining Lives, Improving Livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic...
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Shifting cultivation as a self-sufficient system. Learning from Karen people...
Shifting cultivation as a self-sufficient system. Learning from Karen people in ThailandReport from the Learning Route: Managing Forests, Sustaining Lives, Improving Livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples...
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Economic growth alone won’t end hunger
By José Graziano da Silva and Kanayo F. Nwanze*Recent decades have witnessed remarkable rates of growth for many developing countries. That is good news, as high growth rates of GDP per capita are a...
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New (and old) stories about young rural women in Latin America
By Raúl H. AsensioOver the last two decades, young rural women have experienced many changes: not only in regard to the transformations originated in rural areas, but also due to changes in the gender...
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IFAD’s success in Vienna at the 5th Global South-South Development Expo
by Nicolo Berghinz“This is just the beginning”: this is the recurrent expression from IFAD members and IFAD-supported participants at the end of a very productive week in terms of partnering,...
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Permaculture improving livelihoods
Sbulelo working in her garden By Lynn KotaSbulelo Gamedze is full of smiles as she opens the gate and welcomes us into her beautiful garden. She has never been involved in any form of farming, before...
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Increasing farmers access to markets
by Lynn KotaThe LUSIP-GEF Sustainable Land Management Project is empowering livestock farmers in the Lower Usuthu region reap financial benefits through sharing technical expertise and connecting them...
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Climate Conversations - Turning waste to energy in China
By Sun Yinhong A couple in Rongpeng village use biogas to cook in their rural home in Dujie town, Longan county, West Guangxi, China. Photo: Susan Beccio/IFADAccess to energy is key to eradicating...
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First impressions from the UN climate change conference in Doha #Cop18
Written by Gernot Laganda, Climate Change Adaptation Specialist at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)©IFAD/Amadou KeitaLess than a decade back, climate change adaptation was...
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Climate Conversations - Planting for a harsher climate
By Philippe RemyFishermen work in the early evening in Segou, Mali. Photo: Amadou Keita/IFADThe hunger crisis in the Sahel region and the ongoing conflict in the northern part of Mali is threatening...
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Something to shout about - IFAD and Mali : 30 year anniversary
On Wednesday 5 December 2012, IFAD and the Government of Mali will be celebrating 30 years of partnership in rural development. The festivities will take place in the garden of the National Musem of...
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Le FIDA et le Mali - de quoi célébrer
Le mercredi 5 décembre 2012, le FIDA et le Gouvernement du Mali fêteront les 30 ans de partenariat pour le développement agricole.Musée National, BamakoLes festivités se dérouleront dans le jardin du...
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Évaluation Externe du Programme Pays FIDA au Mali - des avancées positives
par Aissata Cheick Sylla et Adriane Del TortoCe matin, le Ministre de l’Agriculture Dr Yaranga Coulibaly a officiellement ouvert les travaux de l’atelier national de restitution de l’Évaluation Externe...
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Mali Country Programme Evaluation - the way forward for the IFAD/Mali...
by Aissata Cheick Sylla and Adriane Del TortoThis morning the Minister of Agriculture Dr Yaranga Coulibaly officially opened the National Roundtable workshop for the Mali Country Programme Evaluation...
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Rural women’s voices, loud and clear in Nepal
By Katie Taft Development workshops are, generally speaking, filled with practitioners, policy makers, donors and academics mulling over a problem and – among break-out sessions and working groups –...
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