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East African Community (EAC) should focus more on implementation of...
By Betty Mwakelemu ToleUganda's Minister of Agriculture, Hon Tress Bucyanayandi tours theIFADAfrica/KMP stall.The IFADAfrica Knowledge Management Network and the Rural Finance Knowledge Management...
View ArticleLiberation from slavery - the power of collective action
Producing video stories for IFAD, I have visited many projects in different countries and I have heard some astounding stories of how life has changed for people after project interventions. But in...
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Lessons learnt and Recommendations from the EAC Agricultural Symposium
Uganda's Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Tress Bucynanyandispeaks at the closure of the symposiumThe Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in Uganda was at hand to close the three day...
View ArticleCell of change
Written by Sanjib Kumar Chaudhary, SNV, NepalMobile technology has greatly aided farmers in India; Nepal should emulate such practices.The hills of Almora in Uttarakhand of neighbouring India resemble...
View ArticleUNFCCC Climate Talks Begin in Warsaw
At the opening plenary session of the UNFCCC COP19 at the National Stadium in Warsaw this morning, the buzz generated by another high-profile climate conference was palpable among delegates, observers...
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Round Up from Day One Inside the UNFCCC COP19
More than 20,000 people – delegates, observers and press - poured into Warsaw’s National Stadium yesterday to attend the opening session of the UNFCCC COP19. While the main focus was on the opening...
View ArticleUNFCCC COP19: Day Two
On day two of the UNFCCC Warsaw COP19, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) held a working group to discuss issues related to agriculture. Presentations from the IPCC and...
View ArticleWarsaw get’s down in the dirt and plants trees!
With the focus firmly on climate change Warsaw City Hall is doing its bit to encourage climate and environmental awareness in the city. Today more than 10,000 trees were planted by a group of highly...
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Placing a value on climate risks for smallholder farmers #cop19
By Edward Grainger-Jones, Director of Environment and Climate Division at IFADSmallholder farmers are largely voiceless in the national and global debates happening this year around development...
View ArticleTalking About What it Means to be Climate-Smart
Unpacking the concept of climate-smart agriculture was the topic of a side event today at COP19 in Warsaw, jointly held by the Rome-based United Nations agencies the Food and Agricultural Organization...
View ArticleUnderstanding Climate Change from Space: ESA’s new initiative at COP19
“Monitoring the Change” was the title of the Europan Space Agency’s (ESA) side event at COP19 in Warsaw.Taking part in the event were Dr Carolin Richter from the Global Climate Observing System; Dr...
View ArticleHalf time at the climate talks in Warsaw – what’s the score?
The climate change negotiations have reached the half way point here in Poland. Thousands of delegates are now bracing themselves for week two when more than a hundred ministers and senior government...
View Article“Leave this world a little better than you found it” World Organization of...
Among those representing youth at COP19 is the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). This is an independent, worldwide, non-profit and non-partisan organization which aims to inspire its 40...
View ArticleSustainable landscapes: Food security and adapting to climate change at the...
For the first time agriculture and forestry came together in one conference, on the fringes of the main climate summit in Warsaw, at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF). We must think about forests and...
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The possibilities are endless: A photo blogpost from Western Kenya
By Susan BeccioMembers of the Sitawa Dairy Group in Bukembe, Bugoma County, Kenya. ©IFAD/Susan BeccioI just spent a week in Western Kenya visiting farmers who participate in IFAD-funded projects....
View ArticleWidening the frame: Opportunities for integrating agriculture, trees and forests
Smallholder farmers all over the world make land use decisions that effect the configuration of landscapes. This has always been the case– but in the past state institutions have done a poor job of...
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Call for Adaptation Knowledge Mobilization and Sharing
“Money is not the only solution, we have knowledge” said Keith Alverson, Head of the Climate Change Adaptation and Terrestrial Ecosystems Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),at...
View ArticleA matter of national survival: Building a climate resilient Philippines
The farther you are from the last disaster, the closer you are to the next one.” -Commissioner Naderev SanoThe word resilient is often used in the lexicon of climate change. But nowhere will you find...
View ArticleThe health-climate connection
As climate change brings new threats to health, such as the propagation of air and vector borne diseases, heat illness, and of course, from more intense disasters, human systems are challenged to...
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Successful Models inspiring Climate Change Finance
“This is one of the most important climate discussions in Warsaw. Your successful financial innovations for adaptation and mitigation should inspire climate change finance. Do not keep this knowledge...
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