ECOWAS Parliament Adopts Resolution to Enhance Access to Affordable and Reliable Energy in Rural Communities
The ECOWAS Parliament has unanimously adopted a set of resolutions and recommendations designed to enhance access ...
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Energy: The Cornerstone of West Africa’s Industrial Future – Hon. Babacar Ndiaye
Honorable Babacar Ndiaye, Chairman of the Energy and Mineral Resources Committee of the National Assembly of ...
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ECOWAS Parliament to Hold Meeting on Renewable Energy and Rural Electrification
The ECOWAS Parliament will open a five-day Delocalized Joint Committee Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, to chart ...
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Nioro Jattaba Farmers in Dire Need of Support as Road Damage Hampers Access to Farms
Just one month into the rainy season, farmers in Nioro Jattaba village are grappling with a ...
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Transforming Global Food Systems: $400 billion needed per year while doing nothing could cost $12 trillion
Rome, 24 July 2023 – Following recent news that the fight against hunger has stalled, a gathering ...
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Urgent investment in rural areas is needed to safeguard global food security says UN’s IFAD
Rome/Washington, D.C., 25 April 2023 –To avert future food crises and growing global hunger, Alvaro Lario, the ...
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IFAD issues first sustainable bond in euros to Germany’s HPK and others, increasing investments to alleviate rural poverty and hunger
Rome, 05 April 2023 - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today issues its first-ever euro ...
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IFAD and Burundi sign US$3 million grant to help cushion small-scale farmers from continued impacts of Ukraine crisis
Bujumbura/Rome, 28 March 2023: Today, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Ministry of ...
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IFAD officials to meet government authorities and small-scale farmers in Angola
Rome/Luanda, 28 March 2023: With over 50 per cent of its population living near the coastline, ...
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Alvaro Lario, President of IFAD: “Spain can become a world leader in the fight against hunger and poverty at this crucial time”
Madrid, 16 March 2023. In his first official visit to Madrid, the Spanish president of the ...
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