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Asia-Pacific women farmers’ forum concludes with a Declaration in Ahmedabad
By Irish Domingo (AFA) and Benoit Thierry (IFAD). Ahmedabad-India-October 2017.Not far from Gandhi's India Ashram, around 90 women farmers and representatives of rural women from 14 countries in South...
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IFAD at Development & Climate Days – contributing to the Talanoa Dialogue
By Ricci Symons and Ilaria FirmianThis year’s Development and Climate (D&C) days were held at the periphery of the UNFCCC COP23 during its middle weekend. IFAD went beyond its traditional...
View ArticleThe Business Advantage
Yesterday saw the last thematic event in the IFAD and CCAFS organised series “the Agriculture Advantage”. This session, the Business Advantage, focused on private sector climate actions.Private...
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Gender and climate change: reflections from the last gender breakfast
By Nicoletta Boi The November session of IFAD’s Gender Breakfast Series offered an opportunity to talk about women and climate change. Just imagine being a woman having to face hard drought in rural...
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How to better channel climate finance to sustainable land use to achieve...
By Alice BrieIFAD and its partners (FAO, WFP, UNCCD) co-hosted an event at UNFCCC COP23 to discuss options for better scale up and use of finance to support climate smart land use.© Giorgia...
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Comment rendre l’agriculture attractive et source d’emplois pour les jeunes...
Par Alice BrieLe FIDA en partenariat avec l’organisation internationale de la francophonie a organisé lors de la COP23 à Bonn un side-event autour des questions de l’emploi pour les jeunes ruraux, de...
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To Ease Hunger and Feed Dreams, Serve School Meals: IFAD at the “USDA...
By Nerina Muzurovic©WFP/Rein SkullerudOn 15 November 2017, the World Food Programme (WFP) hosted a side event about an important topic: school meals for children. In partnership with the US Department...
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The Africa We Want: 2017 Conference on Land Policy in Africa
By Elisa MandelliPoster of the event @ALPC 2017.The second edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa took place on the 14-17 November 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the theme: The Africa We...
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UN Rome-based Agencies (RBA) Collaboration on Sustainable Food Value Chains...
By Wanessa Marques©FAO/Andrea Polo GalanteTo navigate the complexity of food systems and identify entry points for nutrition-sensitive policy and investments, a Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains (NSVC)...
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Setting a vision for agricultural transformation under climate change
byLili Szilagyi and Fabian Verhage (CCAFS)Originally posted here.At COP23, we kicked off the Agriculture Advantage event outlining the framework for agricultural development under climate change.Both...
View ArticleGender-responsive adaptation in smallholder agriculture: challenges and...
byMary Nyasimi and Lili SzilagyiOriginally posted here.We need to reduce the constraints that women face in agriculture in order to feed more people.Building on the momentum generated during the first...
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The future of sustainable food systems in a changing climate and the role of...
By Christopher NegliaAt Villa Drusiana, the residence of the Permanent Representative of Germany on Monday evening, a panel of eminent speakers was invited to share their views on the future of...
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The Current State of Land Tenure – My experience from the 44th CFS
By Sebastian SchweigerHigh-level Event to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the VGGT @Schweiger 2017In order to learn from the Committee on World food Security (CFS) and side events, the International...
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Gender Awards 2017: securing women’s land rights a key issue
By Giulia BarbanentePlenary session with the delegates of the five winning projects, IFAD Gender Awards, 29 November 2017, IFAD HQ ©IFAD/Barbanente The connection between gender and land tenure issues...
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Youth Rural Inclusion: insights from a Learning Route in Dominican Republic
By Elisa MandelliParticipants of the Learning Route in Damajagua @Procasur, 2017The issue youth employment has increasingly gained visibility in the development agenda. Awareness is growing on the...
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Towards achieving Zero Hunger: fostering countries' leadership for stronger...
By Gabriele MarcheseIFAD booth at the Expo. ©UNOSSC As the global hunger is on the rise again after declining for over a decade, can South-South and Triangular Cooperation provide the Rome-based...
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Policy development and field implementation: a two-way street
As the GEF's Gender Policy is approved by the GEF Council, the IFAD/GEF co-financed project Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro – Phase II (PASK II) in Mauritania wins the 2017 IFAD...
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IFAD Gender Awards 2017 Commemorate Innovation and Celebrate Female Empowerment
By Kalin SchultzIFAD’s Director of Communications, Cassandra Waldon opened the 2017 IFAD Gender Awards with a strong statement: “It is clear that if we do not empower women, we will not eradicate...
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The Smallholder and Agri-food SME Finance and Investment Network shares...
Almost a year ago, at the end of its flagship conference on Investing in inclusive rural transformation: Innovative approaches to financing, IFAD took on the challenge of leading the development of a...
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Asia-Pacific farmers’ organizations and partners gather in India for the...
Asia-Pacific farmers’ organizations Irish Domingo and Benoit ThierryOctober 2017Representatives from farmer organizations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific, international...
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