Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty

In focus

Hunger, food and nutrition security in the post-2015 development framework

As the world counts down 1,000 days to 1 January 2015 – the target date for meeting Millennium Development Goals – advocates build a development framework for poverty reduction and food security after the MDGs.

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Stories from the field

Empowering the Papuan women of Indonesia

Indonesia has become the largest economy in Southeast Asia, and steady economic growth has translated into significant poverty reduction. Growth has been uneven, however, with remote areas like the provinces of Papua and West Papua lagging behind.

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Stories from the field

The power of partnering: Holistic watershed rehabilitation in Haiti

In the valley of Nan Carré in the north-west department of Haiti, water flows rapidly through concrete channels and can be quickly diverted into adjacent plots. Everywhere the eye travels, healthy plants are pushing up in neat rows.

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Weeding rice at a rehabilitated site in Bounouma in Forest Guinea ©IFAD/Sarah Morgan

Stories from the field

Pioneering direct farmer support in Guinea

In Guinea, farmers' organizations have proved themselves so strong and well organized that IFAD has decided to pioneer a radically new approach in its delivery of assistance.

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In focus

Ten years of independent evaluation at IFAD

IFAD’s Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2013. The occasion will be observed by the Executive Board at its April meeting.

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Speeches and statements

Statement by IFAD President to the high-level consultation on hunger, food security and nutrition in the post-2015 development framework

Press releases

Learning by doing: IFAD grant for scaling up projects in the Near East and North Africa regions

Job opportunity at IFAD

Vice-President, Under-Secretary-General (USG), Office of the President and Vice-President - deadline: 19 April 2013 Secretary of IFAD, D-1 to D-2, Office of the Secretary - deadline: 19 April 2013 Cash Management Officer P-2 - Treasury Division - deadline: 27 April 2013 Director, Information and Communications Technology Division D-1 - Information & Communication Technology Division - deadline: 07 May 2013
Events

4 April

The Madrid high-level consultation on hunger, food security and nutrition in the post- 2015 development framework

10-11 April

108 session of the Executive Board 108 session of View all events
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It's Easter - a time when Americans buy more than 30 million kilograms of chocolate! But will chocaholics always be able to get their fix? Cocoa supplies are dwindling and it's predicted that by 2020, chocolate companies will be short of 1 million tons of cocoa.