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Organic and fair-trade markets are no longer an unattainable dream for...
©IFAD/Gerard PlanchenaultDid you know that at the time of the Aztec empire cocoa beans were used as a form of currency? Today cocoa beans are more than just a form of currency to the world’s six...
View ArticleIPCC Synthesis Report Launch - A harrowing account of what is to come
By: Jess MorganThe IPCC's (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) fifth assessment report is drawing to a close and with it concern is mounting for small scale agriculture and the family farming...
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Ebola and its impact on rural communities
Since the first officially reported case in Guinea on March 21, the West Africa Ebola outbreak has spread to six countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and, most recently Mali). Of the...
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Learning from the IFAD-funded Community-based Natural Resource Management...
By Jenny FergusonOn 14-15 October 2014, IFAD Ethiopia Country Office in cooperation with the project management unit for the Community-based Natural Resource Management Project (CBINReMP) in the Lake...
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Making our partnerships count: a joint IFAD-Government of Uganda...
In conjunction with the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), the IFAD Country Office in Uganda held the maiden annual COSOP/Portfolio review. The review meeting took place on...
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Investing in pastoralists in Tanzania
by Rosalie LehelPastoralist use their cattle to collect waterSeptember 29 - Dodoma. During the dry season, we can only expect a period of water scarcity and dry fields. In the Dodoma region of Tanzania...
View ArticleWafaa El Khoury: Investing in rural infrastructure and institutions to...
Originally posted by Farming First, a global coalition for sustainable agricultural development.In this guest post, Wafaa El Khoury, a Lead Technical Specialist at the International Fund for...
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Optimizing farmer’s contribution through better health and nutrition
by Iain C. MacGillivrayFor many decades the global political and development agendas have failed to give priority to hunger and undernutrition. While increasing and volatile food prices have drawn...
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Uganda launches the 2014 National Population and Housing Census provisional...
18 November is Africa Statistics Day. The 2014 theme was “Open data for accountability and inclusiveness.” To commemorate the Africa Statistics Day, the Uganda Bureauof Statistics (UBOS), shared...
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This Has to Stop
by Jessica ThomasCan you think of a business that is three times more profitable than Apple? A business that involves 35.8 million people and operates in every single country of the world?You may not...
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Closing International Year of Family Farming - drawing lessons
With the closing of International Year of Family Farming many events are being organized in Manila. The week started with a Knowledge sharing fair co-organised by IFAD and Farmers Organisations which...
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Un camino de empoderamiento y crecimiento para las organizaciones indígenas
Por Yohanis Amador, Coordinadora del Fondo de Mujeres AYNIEl Fondo de Mujeres Indígenas - AYNI es uno de los programas emblemáticos de FIMI. Es el unico Fondo guiado por y para las mujeres indígenas....
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Improving incomes for rice farmers: a photo blogpost from Cambodia
By Susan BeccioThis is a story of hardship and resilience. It is a story of rice farmers that do not always have enough food to eat. It is a story about people that struggle against chronic poverty...
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A path of empowerment and growth for indigenous organizations
By Yohanis Amador, Coordinator of AYNIAYNI is one IIW’s flagship initiatives. This fund is the only one administered by and for indigenous women. AYNI is a Quechua term that means reciprocity,...
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Lima day one: #COP20 climate summit kicks off
Delegates gather at COP20 UN climate summit in Lima, Peru. ©IFADBy Brian ThomsonThere was a thrill in the air this morning as thousands of delegates made their way to the United Nations climate summit...
View ArticleVoices from COP20, Lima
Written by Jessica MorganAside from the political dimension, whereby the world’s governments are seeking a binding treaty for cutting greenhouse emissions, the UN climate summit in Lima, COP20, is a...
View ArticleCOP20 Officially Begins in Lima
“The stage has been set, now we must fill it with content,” said Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Peru’s Environment Minister, at the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...
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Voces de La Clima Event at COP20
Written by Jessica MorganThe Voces de La Clima (Voices for Climate) exhibition opened today as part of the UN’s climate summit in Lima, Peru. Running through till 12 December it aims to educate...
View ArticleThe UN Should Seek Lessons from its Past at COP20
As country delegates apply themselves to the herculean task of negotiating a draft climate agreement beginning today at COP20 in Lima, it is worth reflecting on the origins of the United Nations and to...
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This Is Africa: For inclusive rural development, farms come first
By Kanayo F. NwanzeThe following article by IFAD's President was originally published on 1 December in This Is Africa, an online service of The Financial Times.Thinking about the future of agriculture...
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