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Getting to grips with IFAD’s new Glossary on gender issues
By Claire FerryEvery month IFAD’s Gender Desk offers home-made cakes and coffee and the chance to learn about new gender-related initiatives and network with colleagues. At this month’s Gender...
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(EN)JEUX CLIMATIQUES A MADAGASCAR
Par Marie-Clarisse Chanoine DusingizeLe lancement des activités financées par le Programme d’adaptation de l’agriculture paysanne (ASAP en anglais) a eu lieu le 14 et 15 mars 2017 à Morondava, à...
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Gender equality starts at home: gender training for fish farmers in Mozambique
By Messias Alfredo Macuiane, Monitoring and evaluation officer, ProAqua projectRita Dickson, a fish farmer from Mucuti, Sussundenda district explaining her vision and how her two children will help her...
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Funding Support Launches Niue-made Maholi banana chips
From plastic bags to proper packaging with labels, Niue’s popular Lupe Niue-brand Maholi banana chips has come a long way, and is now a hit with locals and tourists alike.The European Union-funded...
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Vaiea Little Farmers
Nadia with her children in the little farmyard‘Eww! Yucky!’ the kid shrieked, jumping to avoid an earthworm. His friends laughed at him.Another shriek erupted from a different corner of the garden when...
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A five years innovation journey bears fruit. The Tamboul Slaughterhouse...
By Vivienne Likhanga and IFAD Sudan Country Office From the design to the implementation of the Innovation Plan presented during the learning route on “Innovative Livestock Marketing from Northern to...
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The mythical peasant
By Tomás Ricardo Rosada Villamar, Regional Economist in the Latina America and the Caribbean Division at IFAD A few weeks ago I travelled to Mexico. Before going to the airport to return home, I...
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El mítico campesino
Tomás Ricardo Rosada Villamar Hace unas semanas viajé a México. Antes de ir al aeropuerto para volver a casa pasé por CEPAL y un buen amigo y colega me mostró un libro que recién había recibido:...
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Connecting with Nature: Should we eat insects?
By Christopher NegliaThe theme of this year’s World Environment Day is Connecting with Nature. In this context, entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects, is a topic that bears consideration,...
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South-South Cooperation and Capacity Building Sub-Regional M&E and Knowledge...
By Tiffany Minjauw©Tiffany Minjauw The International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) East and Southern Africa Division (ESA) , the IFAD funded Smallholder Market-led Project (SMLP), and the...
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Reaching out to Project Teams on Nutrition Mainstreaming in Agriculture and...
by Marian Amaka Odenigbo & Wanessa Marques SilvaParticipants responding to the nutrition related questions during the round of quiz.On 23 May 2017, the IFAD's Nutrition Team organized a breakout...
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Small Ruminants: the “Natural Refrigerators” and “Living ATMs”
Empowering Rural Women in Western Rajasthan, Indiaby Vincent Darlong, IFAD India Country Office, New DelhiTraditional goat shed. IFAD-funded MPOWER (Mitigating Poverty in Western Rajasthan) project has...
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Promoting nutritious food systems in the Pacific: Islanders take the lead
By Jana Dietershagen, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)Coconut-based products of the Women in Business Development Inc (WIBDI) at the 2nd Pacific Agribusiness Forum. Photo...
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Think Nutrition: High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF)
Implications on rural household nutritionBy Marian Amaka Odenigbo and Emelyne Akezamutima Peeling and Washing Cassava on Josma Agro Ind. Ltd. Mampong, Ghana. ©IFAD/Nana Kofi AcquahThe path to...
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IFAD Annual Report and Highlights 2016 – cheat sheet
By Hazel BedfordIFAD’s Annual Report and Highlights for 2016 have just been published. People from across the organization have contributed and the report contains a wealth of information on the year’s...
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A usted que lo oyen en otras partes
By Tomás Ricardo Rosada Villamar, Economista Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, FIDASalimos todavía de noche. Sin comer. Sin siquiera un sorbo de café. Medio dormidos todos llenamos los tres...
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La cooperación Sur-Sur comienza con el aprendizaje y el intercambio de...
Dirce Ostroski, Egnaldo Xavier, Carlos Henrique Ramos, Ana Elizabeth Siqueira, Samuler Lyra, Fábio Santiago e Josué Dantas (técnicos del FIDA en Brasil) y Maria Fernanda Arraes (equipo del FIDA en...
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Learning Route on Securing Land and Water Rights – an insider's perspective
By Daniel Simango, Land Tenure Advisor for the Pro-poor Value Chain Development Project (PROSUL), implemented in MozambiqueFrom 6 to 16 March 2017, I participated in the Learning Route on Securing Land...
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Rota de Aprendizagem sobre a Proteção de Direitos de Terra e Água -...
Daniel Simango, Assessor de Posse de Terras no Projecto de Desenvolvimento de Cadeias de Valor nos corredores de Maputo e Limpopo (PROSUL), implementado em Moçambique.De 6 a 16 de março de 2107,...
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Painting by numbers: the big picture for gender equality
by Hazel BedfordAs communicators, when we set out to make a case about inequality, poverty or women’s empowerment we need numbers to make our case. Preferably eye-catching numbers that grab people’s...
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