Stratégies d’adaptation aux changements climatiques pour améliorer la...
By Alice Brie, WCAThis blog looks at IFAD’s work in promoting south-south knowledge exchanges on climate change adaptation through its partnership with PROCASUR. Niger is one of the most vulnerable...
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By Ida Christensen, FAOAgenda 2030 requires us to do more, do things differently and to move fast! Importantly, we need to work closer together with our partners to find, test and upscale relevant...
View ArticleYoung people say YES! to a sustainable food system
By Rahul Antao and Francesca Romana Borgia The Barilla Centre for Food and Nutrition (BCFN) has for long embodied an ambition to bring together young people, from multi-disciplinary backgrounds, to...
View ArticleIs the ideal woman resilient to climate change?
by Maelle PeltierLearning about the role of women and men through South-South exchange.Who is the ideal woman? Does the ideal man actually exist? These questions pursued the participants of the recent...
View ArticleWhat do Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania and...
by Maelle PeltierWhen it comes to resilience and sustainable agriculture as supported by the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) of the International Fund for Agricultural...
View ArticleMulti-functional landscapes: What is the right approach?
By Oliver MundyEric Patrick, adaptation specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), presented a new innovative pilot programme in a TED-like 'Landscape Talk' at the Global...
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IFAD in Sudan: putting inclusive rural transformation into practiceby Mia Madsen (NEN) and Anja Rabezanahary (PTA)It was a unique experience. A total of 35 male and female staff members from four...
View ArticleTraining in Swaziland: The Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT)
By Tiffany MinjauwThe Smallholder Market-led Project (SMLP) in the Kingdom of Swaziland is a six-year project whose development objective is to enhance food and nutrition security and incomes among...
View ArticleEnergizing and watering Agribusiness
by Amathe Pathe Sene, IFAD's Regional Climate and Environment Specialist for West and Central Africa speaking at the 4th German-African Agribusiness Forum in BerlinIrrigation in Africa has the...
View ArticleBringing renewable energy to the centre of IFAD operations
By Karan SehgalOn 23 January 2018, IFAD held an in-house seminar that took up the issue of renewable energy and how it is addressed throughout the Fund’s development portfolio. The panel was chaired by...
View ArticleEO4SD Agriculture and Rural Development Cluster
A 5-day workshop on the EO4SD Agriculture and Rural Development Cluster was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 5 to 9 February. The workshop was organized under the European Space Agency (ESA)...
View ArticleMeeting the students from the IFAD-Universities win-win partnership
Staff from the IFAD Country Office for Ethiopia welcomed three students from the TERI University in Delhi before their departure to the field. This was an excellent opportunity for IFAD staff to meet...
View ArticleCutting a profit at high altitude: IFAD support for Morocco’s Plan Vert
Republished from www.arabspatial.orgBy Margarita Astralaga, Director of the Climate and Environment Division, IFADThe mountainous areas of Morocco’s Central Atlas range offer ideal conditions for the...
View ArticleCome rain or shine, the farmer thrives
By Enika Bushi The Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) is all about giving farmers the information and confidence to make informed decisions. It invites farmers to 'sit at...
View ArticleEmpower a woman and witness the real change!
By Magali Marguet and Ritik Joshi"We are happy now because we have a sustainable income source in the form of our home gardens and now we can afford to send out children to school" are some words from...
View ArticleIFAD Governors discuss role of multilateral institutions in delivering...
Rome, 14 February 2018 – On the second day of IFAD's Governing Council 2018, the interactive session "Multilateralism – Opportunities and challenges" reflected on the prospects and role of...
View ArticleHelping to unleash the growth potential in Ethiopia's Agricultural Sector
Second International Agro-Industry Investment Forum5 to 8 March 2018, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaIFAD participated in the Forum’s session on Financing opportunities for the business sector, where...
View ArticleThe gender marathon – we’re only getting started
A recent studyundertaken by CARE International examines IFAD’s performance fostering gender equality and women’s empowerment, observing a selection of eight projects in the Adaptation for Smallholder...
View ArticleEC/IFAD investments in agricultural research: Towards sustainable...
Innovation in developmentThe world we live in today calls for joint efforts to create a more inclusive and sustainable development. We have a global commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development...
View ArticleExplaining the complex: putting the best available evidence into the hands of...
This post has been reposted from Agroforestry WorldResearchers are co-developing ways of ensuring scientific data and information is useable by the people who need it.We all know the basic concept of...
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