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UN forum gives voice to indigenous leaders, including IFAD partners
Participants listen to opening statements at the 12th session of the UNPermanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. ©IFAD/Bridget ScallenNEW YORK, 21 May 2013 – The 12th session of the United Nations...
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BRCK: the solution to shaky internet connections?
Having lived in Africa, I have experienced first-hand the challenges, frustrations, and not to mention the immense negative impact on efficiency experienced with shaky internet connections, primarily...
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Is mobile money and market information systems the perfect marriage?
©IFAD/Horst WagnerThe availability of Market Information System (MIS) have proven to be an important tool to help increase market transparency, alleviate information asymmetries, allow farmers to...
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Joining forces to speed up economic empowerment for rural women
"Inspiration" was the focus of the first two sessions of the 2013 Retreat on the Joint Programme Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women being held at IFAD today and...
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Indigenous peoples assert their rights and aspirations in dialogue with UN...
Trusteeship Council Chamber at UN headquarters, site of an interactivedialogue between indigenous peoples and UN agencies on 24 May. ©IFADNEW YORK – As the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous...
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Need to be innovative if you don’t want a dry future….
We all know how critical water is for our survival and for the survival of our planet. For poor rural people water is a an extremely precious resource that has also been the cause of civil unrest and...
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Youth in Agriculture
Ariel Pagaspas, 17, harvests potatoes in Bangao, Buguias, Benguet, Philippines. ©IFAD/GMB AkashThe role of young people in the agricultural sector have been debated extensively, and for good reason....
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The climate crisis: Transitions in development finance
by Chris NegliaWhile the international community is concerned about a rise in global mean temperature of 2°C, climate modelling indicates that we are more likely to reach 4°C by the turn of this...
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A snapshot from the first ASAP communications mission to Mozambique
Written by Clarissa BaldinMaria Maxaili, widowed, aged 60. Her three children have all moved to South Africa in search for better opportunities.©IFAD/C.BaldinI’m just back from Mozambique, where I...
View ArticleMaking ASAP fit in Bolivia: the role of knowledge management
By Ilaria Firmian and Estibalitz MorrasWe recently started the design of a project funded though the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) in Bolivia, which will complement an...
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Linking agriculture and biodiversity can help feed the planet
By Emile A. Frison, Julia Marton-Lefèvre and Kanayo F. NwanzeAgricultural biodiversity is the basis of our life on Earth. It is also the basis of healthy and resilient ecosystems. Yet it is under...
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#Indonesia – IFAD-supported journalist training highlights the social and...
Journalist trainees speak to jackfruit producers in Pagon village, Indonesia.©IPS/Abigail LeeBy Katie Taft Saleem Shaikh Muhammad, a freelance journalist from Pakistan, sat under a rambutan tree in...
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Focussing on rural youth – Discussion event at IFAD
Worldwide, there are 1.2 billion young women and men between the ages of 15 and 24, 85 per cent of whom live in developing countries, often in rural areas. IFAD’s project portfolio includes a number of...
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Innovative ideas to feed the world: giving a platform to young people to...
What is the best conference you ever attended in your life? Those who have had the luxury of attending a TedTalk may think of their TedTalk experience. Others may think of the only time they attended...
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The different sides of M&E
The West and Central Africa Division of IFAD organised yesterday (19 June 2013) a talk on the importance of Impact Evaluations in Programme Implementation. The talk was given by our new Colleague...
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Payment for environmental service
by Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Director of IFAD’s Environment and Climate DivisionPaying the protectors At IFAD we are convinced that poor rural smallholder farmers should be recognized and compensated for...
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IFAD Annual Report 2012 − introducing the cheat sheet
Listen up! Raising awareness about women's legal rights in BurundiSummer is the season of cheat sheets, as students around the world get into gear for exams. So I’ve developed a cheat sheet for IFAD’s...
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Empowering Maasai women pastoralists
When I first met the Maasai women back in December 2011, I was impressed by their shyness. Their eyes were trying to communicate to me but at the same time they preferred staying silent. Almost none of...
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El 8 de Marzo: ¡todos los días! El papel imprescindible de la mujer en la...
El 8 de Marzo: ¡todos los días! El papel imprescindible de la mujer en la lucha contra la pobrezaEl 8 de marzo 2013 –“cien años de celebrar el día internacional de la mujer nos ha llevado a cien años...
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La multifonctionnalité des arbres dans le Sahel ouest africain
par Ilaria FirmianMa mission de la semaine dernière dans le Sahel ouest africain pour la supervision d’un don FIDA a été l’occasion une nouvelle fois de mettre en évidence le rôle capital de l’arbre...
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