UN agency’s TRACE blockchain initiative wins award
The International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD’s) innovative TRACE blockchain initiative has been awarded the prestigious World Future…
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IFAD to help increase Senegal farmers resilience to external shocks
A new rural development program is set to improve national food and nutrition security and smallholder farmers’ resilience…
IFAD delegation discusses rural development gains of Rwanda
A high-level delegation from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), led by Gérardine Mukeshimana, IFAD Vice-President, visited…
IFAD, Senegal launch Africa integrated climate risk management program
The Government of Senegal, in partnership with several international organizations including the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),…
IFAD set to channel funding for Sahel region
In a significant move to address the triple COVID, conflict and climate crisis in the Sahel, the International…
IFAD, WFP collaborate to combat hunger in fragile countries
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Program (WFP) have today launched an…
IFAD to reduce hunger and poverty for 100 million people
The 178 Member States of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) adopted an ambitious agenda to improve…
IFAD issued one billion SEK sustainable bond
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) issued its first SEK club deal today, a strong indication of…
IFAD urges leaders to address root causes of hunger, rural poverty
As the climate crisis intensifies and multiple conflicts increase global instability, visionary and committed political leadership is more…
At COP28 IFAD set to urge global leaders to fund small-scale farmers
During the upcoming global climate change summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates the International Fund for Agricultural…
IFAD, Stanbic Bank to cut money transfer costs to Uganda
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Stanbic Bank Uganda (SBU) today announced a partnership that…
Small-scale farmers generate significant benefits for environment, report
BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – Joint investments in small-scale farming in developing countries not only increase vulnerable rural…
South Sudan to avoid a catastrophic food crisis
The cost of inaction in addressing South Sudan’s complex food, climate, and insecurity crises will be felt in…
Failure to transform food system costs $12 trillion globally
Failure to transform food system cost the world and estimate of $12 trillion a year in environmental, social,…
Alliance to promote decent work across food systems
The new alliance between ILO, IFAD and CARE will promote decent work and productive employment, with the aim…
France vows to ensure long-term global food security, stability
The Government of France announced it will champion International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD’s) current resource mobilization efforts…
Kenya to accelerate agriculture, adapt to climate crisis
Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), met with William Ruto, President of Kenya,…
UN conference to reflect on smallholder farmers access to water
Ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) calls for accelerated investments…
IFAD to help DRC feed cities, develop rural area
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),…
Partners to unleash financial inclusion in rural Senegal
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has developed two new public-private partnerships to enhance access to…
Food production in Africa summit to open in Dakar
African heads of state and government together with development partners are set to gather in Dakar, Senegal at…
Digital remittances to boost rural development in Cape Verde
A new country diagnostic report by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), funded by the European…
Germany, IFAD to support rural communities in Africa
Following its recent €30 million contribution in support of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) response to…
Achieving zero hunger in Africa within reach
Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030 is possible, said global agriculture leaders in Rome. 25-27 January 2023.
Germany responds to global food, energy crisis
Germany has granted EUR 30 million to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support poor…
Information, finance drive Malian diaspora to invest in agriculture
Access the right training, information and financial products can drive Malian diaspora is keen to invest in the…
New app to cut money sending cost from Europe to Uganda
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Inpay, a cross-border payments company, and its subsidiary company Eurogiro,…
Mobile remittances to lead digital revolution in rural Africa
To harness the development benefits of using mobile channels to send and receive remittances, the UN’s International Fund…
UN calls for more climate finance to support small-scale farmers
Boosting investments to help small-scale farmers adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis is more urgent than…
Increase investment to build small-scale farmers’ resilience to climate change, IFAD says
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today called for a significant increase in investments to help small-scale…