Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty
April 2013
- Statement by IFAD President to the high-level consultation on hunger, food security and nutrition in the post-2015 development framework
March 2013
- Statement by IFAD President at the breakfast for Permanent Representatives
- Opening statement by IFAD President to the high-level event on financial inclusion
February 2013
- Statement by IFAD President at the seminar with Sir Gordon Conway and the Rome-based agencies
- Opening statement of IFAD President to the high-level round table with Governors: Partnerships for financing agricultural and rural development
- Acceptance statement by Kanayo Nwanze, President of IFAD
- Statement by Kanayo F. Nwanze, IFAD President to the opening session of the Thirty- sixth Session of the Governing Council
Arabic | English | French | Spanish - Opening statement of IFAD President to the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum
December 2012
- Statement by IFAD President at the food security 2012 conference
November 2012
- Statement by IFAD President to the Fourth International Forum on Food and Nutrition
- Statement by IFAD President at the International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands
- Statement by IFAD President at the seminar on ensuring global food security: Unlocking the potential of smallholder agriculture
October 2012
- Statement by IFAD President to the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the 32nd observance World Food Day: Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the launch of the joint programme:“Accelerating Progress toward the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women”
- Statement by IFAD President to the 39th session of Committee on Food Security
- Statement by IFAD President to the 86th session of the Development Committee
September 2012
- Opening keynote address by Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of IFAD to the high-level panel of African Green Revolution Forum: Making African national and regional markets work
August 2012
- Statement by IFAD President at IITA, Ibadan - Rejuvenation: Investing in agriculture for the future of Nigeria and its young people
June 2012
- Closing remarks by IFAD President at the indigenous people’s international conference on sustainable development and self-determination
- Opening remarks by IFAD President to the Rome-based agency event at Rio+20
- Opening remarks by IFAD President at Corporate Sustainability Forum: The sweet spot: Cocoa’s promise . . .
- Opening remarks by IFAD President at the Mobilizing resources for IFAD programmes: Alternative sources and innovative modalities event
- Statement by IFAD President to the General Assembly of the World Farmers’ Organization (WFO)
- Convocation address by Kanayo Nwanze at the faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences - McGill University
April 2012
- Urban and rural development: Sustainability for all - IFAD President statement at BioVision Alexandria 2012
- Statement by IFAD President to the 85th session of the Development Committee
March 2012
- World Water Day: Statement by IFAD President
- Empowering young rural women: Inspiring futures: Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of 8 March
February 2012
- Statement by IFAD President to the opening session of the Thirty-fifth Session of the Governing Council
Arabic | English | French | Spanish - Opening statement by IFAD President to the fourth global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum
- Statement by IFAD President at the high-level meeting on the situation in the Sahel
December 2011
- Keynote address by IFAD President at the South-South Development Expo
- Keynote address by IFAD President at the Agriculture and Rural Development Day
November 2011
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary celebration of World Food Programme (WFP)
- Statement by IFAD President at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Financing Facility for Remittances
October 2011
- Presentation by IFAD President on food security and the role of the private sector, The Hague, Netherlands
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the visit of Michelle Bachelet Executive Director, UN Women to IFAD
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the CFS 37th session opening ceremony
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of World Food Day
- Statement by IFAD President to the Senegal Academy of Science and Technology
September 2011
- Statement of the President at the Bundestag Committee on Economic Development
- Speech by the IFAD Vice President for the CPE Roundtable Workshop
- Statement by IFAD President to the Second Global AgriKowledge Share Fair
- Statement by IFAD President to the 84th session of the Development Committee
- Key messages by IFAD President for G20 ministerial meeting on Development Finance Ministers’ and Development Ministers’ Meeting
August 2011
- Statement of the Vice President at the High-level operational meeting: Focus on concrete action in Horn of Africa
July 2011
- Statement of the President at the emergency meeting on drought in the Horn of Africa
- Opening statement by IFAD President to the South-South Cooperation Event
May 2011
- Remarks by IFAD President to the 93rd Session of the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) Council of Ministers
- Remarks by IFAD President at lunch with friends of IFAD
- Remarks by IFAD President on the Diaspora Investment in Agriculture initiative
- Statement by IFAD to the Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV)
- Statement by IFAD at the informal briefing featuring address by US Secretary of State, H.E. Hillary Clinton, on the state of global food security
- Keynote remarks by IFAD President at the discussion forum on new challenges, new opportunities: African agriculture in the 21st century
April 2011
- Address to the Spanish Parliamentary Committee for Development Cooperation
- Statement by IFAD President to the 83rd session of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President to the Crawford Fund Parliamentary Conference
- Statement by IFAD President presenting Rural Poverty Report 2011 at the Australian National University
March 2011
February 2011
- Statement by IFAD President to the opening session of the thirty-fourth session of the Governing Council
Arabic | English | French | Spanish - Welcoming remarks of the President at workshop establishing indigenous people’s forum
January 2011
- Statement of the President at the new directions for smallholder agriculture conference
December 2010
- Remarks by IFAD President on the release of the Rural Poverty Report 2011 in Rome
- Statement by IFAD President on the release of the Rural Poverty Report 2011
November 2010
- Welcoming remarks IFAD President to the Financing Facility for Remittances Annual Meeting
- Statement by IFAD President to the International Rice Congress
- Statement by IFAD President to the Global Conference on Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change
October 2010
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the 30th Observance of World Food Day
- Vice President Yukiko Omura’s statement to the opening session of 36th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
- Statement by IFAD President to the 82nd session of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President at Kansas University's seminar on the role of agricultural research in global food security
September 2010
- Statement by IFAD President at the Qatar National Food Security Programme side event
- Welcoming remarks by IFAD President on the occasion of the 100th session of IFAD's Executive Board
July 2010
- Statement by IFAD President at the East Forum: Rethinking the present to shape the future: choosing sustainability
June 2010
- Keynote address by IFAD President at the 21st Islamic Development Bank Annual Symposium
- Brief statement by IFAD President at the first ministerial working session of the 35th annual meeting of Islamic Development Bank
- Remarks by Ms Yukiko Omura, IFAD Vice-President to the women leadership development programme workshop
- Speech by IFAD President to the Long-term Investments in the Age of Globalization Conference
- Opening remarks by IFAD Vice-President to the conference on development cooperation in times of crisis and on achieving the MDGs
May 2010
- Speech by IFAD President at the African Amicale and United Nations Women’s Guild African Group
- Speech by IFAD President on the occasion of the "La settimana della biodiversità" - Call for action
- Remarks by IFAD Vice-President on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity
- Remarks by IFAD President on the occasion of the dinner for Brussels-based Ambassadors
- IFAD Vice-President addresses South-South Cooperation in Brasilia conference
April 2010
- Policy address by IFAD President to the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Opening statement by IFAD President to the World Bank Annual Conference on Land Policy and Administration
- Statement by IFAD President to the 81st session of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President at the lunch for Permanent Representatives
March 2010
- Speech by IFAD President to the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development: GCARD 2010
- Welcoming remarks by IFAD President on the occasion of the official lunch with the delegation of Guatemala headed by His Excellency Álvaro Colom Caballeros
- Acceptance speech by IFAD President for a distinguished service award at the second Africa Rice Congress
- Keynote address by IFAD President at the High-level Conference on Development of Agri-business and Agro-industries in Africa
February 2010
- Statement by IFAD President to the thirty-third session of the Governing Council of IFAD
Arabic | English | French | Spanish - Opening statement by IFAD President to the Third global meeting of the Farmers' Forum
- Opening statement by IFAD President at the Jeddah Economic Forum 2010: “The Global Economy in 2020”
- Remarks by IFAD President at the High-level meeting on food security and nutrition in Haiti
Statements delivered by President Kanayo Nwanze
December 2009
- Statement by IFAD President to the Agricultural Rural Development Day at Copenhagen University
- Statement by IFAD President to side event organised by WEC-TERI-Yale on climate change and water vulnerability: strategies and practices for emerging water management and governance challenges
- Statement by IFAD President to UNIDO general conference
November 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at the ICRISAT annual conference
- Lecture delivered by the President at M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
- Statement by IFAD President on the measures to enhance global food security: rural development, smallholder farmers and trade considerations
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the World Summit on Food Security
- Statement by IFAD President to the the second non-aligned movement: First ladies summit
- Statement by IFAD President to the Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the World Summit on Food Security
- Statement by IFAD President at Chatham House: Towards a food-secure world - the role and importance of smallholder farmers in developing countries
October 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at the University of Ottawa
- Statement by IFAD President to the 80th meeting of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President to the MDG 3 Torch ceremony
September 2009
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of 25 years of IFAD/BSF cooperation
- Opening remarks by IFAD President as chair of the round table on food security at the UN Leadership Forum on Climate Change
July 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at WIPO Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy
- Statement by the IFAD President to the G8 Summit
June 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at OFID Ministerial Council meeting
- Intervention by IFAD’s President at the G8 Finance Ministers Meeting
- Statement by the IFAD President to the joint AU and ECA conference: Implications of the global financial and economic crisis for Africa’s long-term development
May 2009
April 2009
- Statement by IFAD President to the 79th meeting of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President to the G8 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
- Statement by IFAD President on declaration by G8 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting