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Fast Changes in DRC!
by Adriane Del Torto, ACPM DRC/RCMap of DRC - Maniema Province in RedThe mission team is complete! We are all in Kindu, in the Maniema province of the Democratic Republic of The Congo (which borders...
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Asia Pacific - Launch of YIFF and MTCP2 in support to Farmer Organisations
When: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 9:00 AMWhere: Amari Watergaate Hotel, Bangkok, ThailandWho: AFA, La Via Campesina, ANFPa, PIFON, IFADFarmers’ federations from Asia-Pacific, with support of the...
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Farmer Organisations : MTCP2 Start up workshop - Bangkok - Asia Pacific FO’s...
23 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand — Coming on the heels of the successful implementation of its pilot implementation, the second phase of the “Medium Term Cooperation Programme with Farmer...
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The Gambia Country Programme Approach from the perspective of project staff
Written by Jorge Esteban Moreno and Alessia Bartolucci©IFADFollowing the success of the joint Headquarters -country CPA meeting, on 7 November 2013, The Gambia team hosted a learning event on the...
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How to fight violence against women
On the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it would be easy to write a sensational blogpost with a barrage of chilling statistics and passing reference to a handful of...
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Strong national investment plans enable progress of a continental agricultual...
The President of IFAD, Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze, arrived in Ethiopia at the invitation of Kofi Annan (former Secretary General of the UN) on the morning of 25th November. The President is attending a two...
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Asia Pacific Farmer Organisations - MTCP2 startup workshop - closing ceremony...
Press release IFAD workshop launches the second phase of a regional cooperation programme to support 20 million farming families across Asia and the Pacific Farmers’ organizations in Asia and the...
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Scoping workshop – setting the stage for impact evaluation
By Line KaspersenIt is common practice to have stakeholder workshops when projects close; to validate project completion report findings and communicate them to stakeholders. In Uganda we are trying...
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Household mentoring as a tool for social inclusion
by Clare Bishop-Sambrook, PTA and Alessandro Marini, ESAA participant from a mentored household showing her land registration certificateIFAD’s focus on addressing rural poverty is recognised by...
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Monitoring and Evaluation: WCA/ESA Learning Event
by Adriane Del TortoWest and East have joined efforts once again for an important learning event, this time providing a platform to share experiences in Monitoring and Evaluation for Francophone...
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The Congo Team listens: Women Farmers make their requests
by Adriane Del Torto and Roberto LongoThe team has left the Maniema Proveince a few days ago, but I still need to talk about the farmers that live live along the RN 31 after we made it there! Luckily...
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Good Morning from Grand Bassam! It’s been a long night. Discussions, discussions around our grilled fish and attieké in a local maquis (outdoor restaurant). There is a great ambiance even though there...
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UN Rome Based Agencies, IFAD, FAO and WFP collaborating to advance finacial...
Under the cool shade of a tree by the entrance of Hanja Chefa Primary School, 10 women gather around a table, putting final touches to preparations for an exhibition of their Rural Savings and Credit...
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Why we need to look inside the family, in the International Year of Family...
by Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Policy and Technical Advisory DivisionThe International Year of Family Farming is an opportunity to reaffirm the global importance of smallholder family farming, as producers...
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The start-up workshop of the PRIME project held in Cairo
By Abdelhaq HanafiJudging by the sheer amount of press coverage, the launch of the PRIME project in Cairo on 12 December generated a great deal of interest. PRIME stands for Promoting Rural Income...
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What are IFAD’s priorities in East and Southern Africa on environment and...
Pro-poor Value Chain Development Project in the Maputo and Limpopo Corridors of Mozambique.©IFAD/Clarissa BaldinWritten by Christopher NegliaStephen Twomlow is IFAD’s Regional Climate and Environmental...
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IFAD’s new projects in East and Southern Africa to be gender responsive
This article first appeared in UN Kenya Newsletter, December 2013Workshop participates playing 'the River Climate Game’ ©IFAD, 2013IFAD’s regional Knowledge Management and Capacity Building Forum has...
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Connecting the Dots: Mapping Development in the Middle East and North Africa...
Jan 16, 2014 by David Cozacwww.arabspatial.orgBlog originally posted on IFPRI's blog Improving food security and enhancing economic development in developing countries requires a multifaceted...
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Spotting deforestation from space
São Tomé and Príncipe, a small island positioned in the gulf of Guinea, isconsidered one of the 200 most important biodiversity hotspots in the world. Many of its important species and their habitats...
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