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Quality plus equity: The perfect recipe for smallholder-produced chocolate in...
Cooperative members dry coffee in São Tomé. ©IFAD/Joanne LevitanWritten by Daniela CuneoThere are thousands of fine chocolate bars, all delicious and unique, but what makes some of them special? Is it...
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Partnering for food security – IFAD Associate Vice-President, PMD, visits...
Did you know that this year, IFAD and Indonesia celebrate 35 years of partnership? And just earlier this year, Indonesia and IFAD have signed a host country agreement, which enables IFAD to open an...
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IFAD operations in fragile contexts - how flexibility can really make the...
Written by Francesco FarnèAs a recent graduate in International Politics and Relations, I am always tempted to analyse facts from a geopolitical perspective.When I heard that the Near East and North...
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Road to Nutrition mainstreaming
Written by Marian Amaka Odenigbo and Simret HabtezgiGovernment of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) and IFAD fielded a joint-mission on portfolio alignment from 22 March – 2 April 2015. This activity was in...
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June 16 is not 'just another day'– it is the International Day of Family...
Woman in the Philippines buys groceries with remittance money sent by a sister working abroad. ©IFAD/Joanne LevitanWritten by Jessica ThomasIFAD is dedicating a day to the millions of migrant workers...
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And the winner is … the Lower Usuthu Sustainable Land Management Project
Written by Steve Twomlow, Lynn Kota and Norman MavusoThe IFAD-supported Lower Usuthu Sustainable Land Management Project (LUSLM, also known as LUSIP-GEF) walked off with four awards at the Swaziland...
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Telling untold stories of food and climate at the 2015 International...
It’s not always headline news that our climate is changing – but it should be.Marco Cattaneo, editor of Le Scienze, knows that it’s hard to sell stories about long-term processes. “But we need to help...
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Scenes from a festival celebrating indigenous peoples' arts and culture in Nepal
Written by Rakesh Jha Indigenous people with traditional musical instruments at arts and culture festival in Taksera, Nepal. ©Budha Lojin Last year, an IFAD team visited Nepal's Rukum District to...
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Ricette per il cambiamento- l’esperienza dell’IFAD al Festival Internazionale...
Written by Francesco FarnèSi sente parlare in maniera sempre più crescente di cibo, anche grazie alla grandissima copertura mediatica che questo argomento ha trovato in tutto il mondo. Basta pensare ai...
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Ilaria Firmian Interview on Djibouti project PRAREV
Climate change is increasingly effecting agricultural and fishing communities in Djibouti. The Programme to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Change and Poverty of Coastal Rural Communities (PRAREV),...
View ArticleNew photo-film: mapping soil diversity in Tanzania
New photo-film: mapping soil diversity in TanzaniaThe second ''photo-film'' of a two-part series, "The Ground Beneath Your Feet," launched this week during Global Soil Week, where the International...
View ArticleThree's a charm…IFAD's ECD host their third climate cinema event
On April 20th IFAD’s Environment and Climate Division (ECD) hosted its third Climate Cinema.Speaking about the films on show was Fabio Eboli, from the Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change and...
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Women scoop the awards at Lesotho’s Smallholder Agriculture Development...
By Clare Bishop-Sambrook, Lead Technical Specialist - Gender and Social Inclusion, PTA Women swept the board at the awards ceremony for government staff participating in the IFAD-World Bank supported...
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L’Expérience MPAT Mali est partagée dans la 9ème conférence sur l'adaptation...
By Mamadou Mohamed TOUREResponsable Suivi-Evaluation PAPAM/ASAP MaliHow to use MPAT - infographic from IFAD.Au Kenya du 25 au 30 avril 2015, j’ai participé à la neuvième Conférence Internationale des...
View ArticleMeasuring and enhancing effective adaption in Rwanda
By Marie ChanoineI have just returned from attending the 9th International Conference on Community- Based Adaptation (CBA9). It was attended by a broad range of stakeholders besides IFAD, such as;...
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How can Climate-Smart Agriculture enhance Food Security and Community Based...
By Estibalitz Morras (IFAD) and Catherine Mungai (CCFAS)We have just returned from Nairobi, where we attended the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9). IFAD co-facilitated...
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Farms without farmers?
Written by Caroline Mwongera, Postdoctoral Scientist in the Soils Research Area, CIAT.Originally posted hereThe next generation of smallholder farms in Africa may have no one left to run them.A visit...
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Kenyan Comics and Flexi Biogas: New Media for New Technology
In Kenya, IFAD has matched an innovative new technology with an innovative new multimedia campaign. In order to raise awareness of new Flexi Biogas systems, IFAD teamed up with Emmy Award-winning...
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EXPO 2015: Let’s talk about microfinance and its impact on women and food...
Written by Maria Hartl, Senior Technical Specialist - Gender and Social Equity at IFADEXPO 2015: Si parla di donneWhat is the link between food security, gender equality and microfinance? Participants...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Regional Rural and Agricultural Finance Thematic Conference in...
The African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) and International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) grant project the Rural Finance Knowledge Management Partnership (KMP) in...
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