IFAD report predicts steep drop in African staple crops by 2050, prompting urgent call for adaptation funding at COP26
Rome, 27 October 2021 – Staple crops in eight African countries could decrease by as much as ...
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Tag: Poverty
Invest in gender equality to reduce climate change impacts on world’s poorest, says IFAD President on the International Day of Rural Women
Rome, 15 October 2021 – We need a significant boost in investments to close the gender gap otherwise rural ...
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DoA, FAO train women farmers within the Kanifing Municipality in vegetables production, Integrated Pests Management and Marketing
26 August 2021, Banjul – Forty women farmers from three communities within the Kanifing Municipality began ...
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Water Resources: PURA Donates Water Reagents Worth US$10K
The Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, better called PURA, has donated water reagents--worth about US$10,000--to the ...
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IFAD and KSrelief agree to jointly tackle hunger and malnutrition in world’s most vulnerable countries
Rome, 2 July 2021 – Escalating hunger and malnutrition as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is ...
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G20 recognizes importance of Public Development Bank financing to tackle rural poverty and hunger, and leadership of IFAD
Matera, 29 June 2021 - In the first-ever joint declaration by foreign affairs and development ministers, G20 ...
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South Sudan and IFAD to boost productivity, food security and resilience of small-scale farmers faced with climate change
Rome, 23 June 2021: A new US$19.9 million project will bring much needed help to 38,800 ...
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Lack of digital infrastructure risks leaving millions of rural families in poverty – IFAD makes urgent call on International Day of Family Remittances
Rome, 16 June 2021 – Despite a massive increase in migrants sending money home via digital transfers ...
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Ugandan remittances decline but still are a lifeline for rural people
Rome, 1 June 2021 – The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and job security ...
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South Sudan small-scale producers receive support from IFAD to safeguard their livelihoods in the face of the COVID-19 crisis
Rome, 17 May 2021: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide much needed funding ...
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