2010

Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire – 4 April 2011 - São Tomé and Príncipe economy: Cocoa sector turns around

The New Times – 3 April 2011 - Rwanda: Irrigation Filling the Country's Food Basket

All Africa - 29 December - GAWFA Trains URR Women on Entrepreneurship Skills

The Independent - 27 December - Agriculture: The current backbone of Rwanda’s economic growth and path towards MDG1

The Nation - 26 December - Togo, Kenya get $42.87m IFAD grant to boost farming

KBC News - 23 December - IFAD to increase investments in Kenya

Microfinance Africa – 17 December 2010 - African Development Bank Launches Migration and Development Fund (MDF) and Opens Call for Proposals for Projects in Africa

APA -  16 December 2010 - Mozambique to invest US$40 million in artisan fisheries

EnerPub – 15 December 2010 - Ghana's Success Stories

Les Afriques – 14 December 2010 - Agric Bank a distribué 38,7 milliards de nairas de prêts en neuf ans

L'Express de Madagascar – 14 December 2010 - Toamasina - Un appui aux agriculteurs

Afrique Avenir / APA - 7 December 2010 - Uganda to finance agriculture, health, education sectors with loans

Citifmonline - 1 December 2010 - What the World Bank should know about Ghana's success stories

Nigerian Compass - 1 December 2010 - 400,000 families to benefit from NDDC/IFAD partnership

IPS - 30 November 2010 - Africa's Time Has Come", IPS annual meeting in Madrid

Midi Madagasikara - 30 November 2010 - Produits de bambou : La qualité et le design posent problème

Gabonews - 30 November 2010 - Déploiement de la politique agricole pour l’autosuffisance alimentaire au Gabon

Ghanaian Chronicle - 29 November 2010 - Farmers charged to produce quality rice

Les Afriques - 29 November 2010 - Le Programme mozambicain d'appui au financement rural porte ses fruits

Club of Mozambique – 24 November 2010 -  Mozambican agriculture dependent on rainfall for food production

International Business Times - 19 November 2010 - Sierra Leone pushes $400 mln plan for farm sector

Zambia Daily Mail – 18 November 2010 - Zambezi, Chavuma cattle industry undergoes CBPP vaccination

Club of Mozambique – 16 November 2010 –  15,000 benefit from rural finance support programme

Vanguard – 16 November 2010 -  Edo seeks EU, US?s assistance for Nigerian farmers

Xinhua - 15 November 2010 - Les fermiers mozambicains vont bénéficier des lignes de crédit agricoles d'une valeur de 34,2 milli

Walfadjri - 9 November 2010 - Performances économiques en Afrique de l’Ouest et du centre

Reussir - 9 November 2010 - 150 milliards de Fcfa investis au Sénégal par la FIDA (Senegal)

APA - 9 November 2010 - Des experts en Agriculture en conclave à Dakar sur la revue des projets financés par le Fonds intern

Africa Time - 8 November 2010 - Agriculture: près de 10 milliards de FCFA pour le Cameroun

Modern Ghana - 5 November 2010 - Government invests GHS1.7m in Rural Technology Facilities

Afrique Hebdo - 5 November 2010 - Atelier sur la mise en œuvre de projets financés par le FIDA, lundi

Joy FM - 5 November 2010 - Government invests GHS1.7m in Rural Technology Facilities (Ghana)

Sidwaya Quotidien - 4 November 2010 - Burkina Faso: A la recherche de stratégies pour optimiser les rendements agricoles

Maroc Journal - 4 November 2010 - Rencontre à Oujda pour évaluer les impacts socio-économiques du Projet de développement rural (Morocco)

Leadership/ AllAfrica - 3 November 2010 - IFAD Commits U.S.$86 Million to Boost Agriculture

World Bank - 2 November 2010 - Africa and Brazil Form Strategic Partnership to Boost African Agriculture

Agence Nouakchott d'Information - 1 November 2010 - Mauritanie: Atelier de validation du cadre stratégique de gestion durable des terres

EIU ViewsWire - 1 November 2010 - Eritrea: Country outlook

APANEWS - 1 November 2010 - IFAD to boost food production in Nigeria with US$70 million

Africa Focus - 28 October 2010 - Land Grab Or Development?

ReliefWeb - 28 October 2010 - US$19.2 million IFAD loan to Cameroon to improve food security in rural areas

Nigerian Observer - 27 October 2010 - Ebonyi Plans To Add Value To Rice Production (Nigeria)

Ghana Broadcasting Corp. - 27 October 2010 - Rural Enterprise Project now National Rural Enterprise Programme (Ghana)

BDP - Gabon - 27 October 2010 :  Demande de soutien de la station provinciale de la RTG1 à Oyem au FIDA

Peace FM - 22 October 2010 - Rejoinder: World Bank Paints Ghana Black

Grainnet.com - 23 October 2010 - International Fund for Ag Development Loans Uganda $52 Million for Ag Rural Development

ReliefWeb - 21 October 2010 - US$ 52 million IFAD loan to boost vegetable oil development in Uganda

Accra Daily Mail - 21 October 2010 - District assemblies urged to establish rural banks

Ghana News Agency - 18 October 2010 - Global consultations on cassava as bio-fuel open

Kenya Broadcasting Corp. - 13 October 2010 - IFAD to Fund development programmes in Kenya

The New Times - 11 October 2010 - Rwanda Defence Forces Pledges Major Contribution to Girinka

East African Business Week - 11 October 2010 - Why banks avoid funding agriculture

Nigeriadiaspora.net - 9 October 2010 - Gouré : pas de développement sans désensablement

Business Daily - 8 October 2010 - Slow implementation of farming policies fuels hunger in Africa

AllAfrica - 4 October 2010 - Ecologie et pays pauvres

Walfadjri - 3 October 2010 - En tournée dans le département de Thiès : Khadim Guèye annonce un vaste programme de modernisation

Accra Daily Mail - 30 September 2010 - Ghana receives $4.2bn in remittances

PR-USA.net - 29 September 2010 - European Union channels 20 million through IFAD to boost food security in West Africa

The New Times - 29 September 2010 - Rwanda: Kirehe District Sets Target of 60,000 Tons of Maize

ReliefWeb - 28 September 2010 - European Union channels 20 million through IFAD to boost food security in West Africa in support of ECOWAS regional agricultural policy

APANEWS - 27 September 2010 - IFAD to partner Benin, Nigeria to boost agricultural development

Jeune Afrique - 24 September 2010 - La fin de la faim encore au menu

Baird Maritime - 23 September - Eritrea: UN aims to boost fisheries sector

Forbes.com - 22 September 2010 - Western Union tops 20,000 agent locations in Africa as rapid network expansion continues

UPI - 15 September 2010 - New life for Eritrean fish stock

UN News Centre - 15 September 2010 - Le FIDA soutient les fillières café-cacao en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée

UN News Centre - 15 September 2010 - UN-Supported Project Aims to Boost Eritrea's Traditional Fisheries Catch

Le Matin du Sahara et du Mahgreb - 14 September 2010 - Heureux comme un paysan

Tanzania Citizen - 8 September 2010 - Obasanjo: Image of farmer is not glamorous

Fresh Plaza - 8 September 2010 - Africa: Scientists roll out innovative system for producing vegetables

AFP - 7 September - Bank plans 100 million dollar scheme for African farmers

NewsPress - 7 September - 'Africa needs an 'ever-green' revolution': IFAD President pushes for next agricultural revolution to begin

Daily Monitor - 6 September 2010 - Uganda: Corruption is Not the Only Reason Naads Failed

Misna - 6 September 2010 - Green Revolution: Funds from South Africa for Small-scale Farmers

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation – 3 September 2010 - IFAD President Calls on President Mills

Tanzania Citizen – 4 September 2010 - Obasanjo: Image of farmer is not glamorous

AFP – 3 September 2010 - Bank plans 100 million dollar scheme for African farmers (AFP)

World News Connection – 2 September - UN Funding Agency signs deal to establish permanent office in Ghana

Afrik.com – 1 September 2010 - Dans le Sahel ravagé par la sécheresse, des chercheurs lancent un système novateur d’irrigation

Ghana News Agency – 30 August 2010 - Let us consider farming as a dignified profession

Public Agenda (Ghana) – 30 August 2010 -  The road to food security (by The President)

Jeune Afrique -  27 August 2010 -  Réchauffement climatique : Kofi Annan mobilise

Zambian Economist – 27 August – 2010  - The road to food security (by The President)

The Africa Report – 27 August 2010 -  Roads not handouts for farmers

PR-USA.net – 29 August 2010 -  Africa needs an ever-green' revolution' / IFAD President pushes for next agri revolution

United Nations – 26 August – 2010 -  Africa's agricultural revolution requires concerted effort by all: UN Official

Reuters – 24 August 2010 - African agricultural finance under the spotlight

East African Business Week – 23 August 2010 -  Africa: Annan calls for faster green revolution

ERS – 21 August -  A Positive Path for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Daily Independent (Lagos) – 18 August 2010 -  Boosting agro business in Anambra State (Nigeria)

Inter Press Service – 17 August 2010 - Niger Facing Growing Food Crisis

TendersInfo – 16 August 2010 - Business Support for Sierra Leoneans

Panafrican Press Association - 12 August 2010 - Kofi Annan calls for united effort to accelerate African Green Revolution

UN News Centre - 10 August 2010 - External help raises Zimbabwe’s food production but some still hungry – UN

Zambia Daily Mail - 5 August 2010 - IFAD Investments in Zambia paying off

Daily Sun - 4 August - Nigeria importing food is shameful, says Nwanze, IFAD’s President

Times of Zambia – 24 July 2010 -  IFAD eradicating poverty, says Banda

Zambia Post – 24 July 2010 - Govt, IFAD partner to boost agriculture in Southern Province

Africa Investor – 21 July 2010 -  IFAD boss calls on Rwanda's President Kagame

Afrik.com – 21 July - Crise alimentaire : le Niger au bord du gouffre

The New Times - 20 July: Rwanda: IFAD Increases Agricultural Funding

Ghana News - 18 July 2010 - UN rural development arm helping respond to Niger food crisis

Gulf New.com – 17 July 2010 -  Humanitarian crisis threatening Niger

AlertNet – 16 July 2010 - End west Africa's cycle of hunger crises, say scientists

New Kerala. Com – 16 July 2010 - 7.1 million starving in Niger: UN

Phoenix Local News – 15 July 2010 – UN  rural development arm helping respond to Niger food crisis

The mail – 15 July 2010 - UN rural development arm helping respond to Niger food crisis

United Nations - 15 July: UN rural development arm helping respond to Niger food crisis

East African Business Week – 12 July 2010 - Bumper Harvest in Country

New Vision – 8 July 2010 - Government wants to borrow sh108b for palm oil project (Uganda)

Food crisis and the global land grab – 6 July 2010 -  Foreign investors buy up African farmland, sparking fears of a new colonialism

InDepthNews – 2 July 2010 - Confronting the bliss of ignorance about Africa

AfriScoop - 24 June 2010 - Le FIDA accorde 10 000 litres d’insecticides à Madagascar

Le Soleil -  23 June 2010 – Mohamed Beavogui, directeur de la division Afrique du FIDA - « Objectif : doubler notre part d’investissement 

 IRIN - 22 June 2010 - Somalie: De l’aide pour les éleveurs déplacés par la sécheresse

IRIN - 21 June 2010 - Somalia: Help for drought-displaced pastoralists

Les Afriques - 17 June 2010 - Niger : Le directeur du Fida reçu par le président pour éradiquer la famine à MT

IRIN - 22 June 2010 - Somalia: Help for drought-displaced pastoralists

L'Express de Madagascar - 3 June 2010 -  Un projet pour aider les petits agriculteurs

Green Earth News - 7 May 2010 - Mother of bamboo: Women using bamboo to escape poverty In Tanzania

Le Soleil -  26 April 2010 - développement rural et agricole au senegal : Près de 68 milliards Fcfa investis par le Fida

Midi Libre - 24 April 2010 - Commerce équitableGrâce au café, un Héraultais sauve un village à Sao Tomé

IPS - 1 April 2010 - Uganda: N GOs judging oil palm on hearsay, says U.N.

All Africa - 24 March 2010 -  Nigeria: IFAD President Okays investment in rural areas

Le Soleil - 24 March 2010 - Le President du Fonds International de Développement Agricole (FIDA) au Mali

L'Unitá - 22  March  2010  -  3 domande a Rudolph Cleveringa - Se l’obiettivo è dissetare l’Africa servono 80 miliardi di dollari all’anno

All Africa - 21 March 2010 - Nigeria:  'FG may lose U.S.$30 million IFAD Rural Development Funding'

UN News Centre - 16 March 2010 - Madagascar: UN scheme aims to give youth employment a boost

All Africa - 11 March 2010 - AFDB earmarks U.S.$2 billion for agriculture in continent for 5 years

Today - 8 March 2010 - Gambia gets $8 million agric production support

The Guardian - 7 March 2010 - How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab

Nam News Network - 9 February 2010 - Chadian herders to benefit from UN funding for water projects

UN News Centre - 8 February 2010 - Chadian herders to benefit from UN funding for water projects

All Africa - 27 February 2010 - Zambia: IFAd gives country K94 billion

Nam News Network - 9 February 2010 - Chadian herders to benefit from UN funding for water projects

UN News Centre - 8 February 2010 - Chadian herders to benefit from UN funding for water projects

ABC.es - 5 February 2010 - EEUU respalda perdón de deuda de Haití a instituciones internacionales

Nam News Network - 24 January 2010 - $20m loan to support smallholder agribusiness in Zambia

All Africa - 14 January 2010 - Leveraging the Impact of Remittances to Africa

Daily Triumph - 7 January 2010 - IFAD reiterates negative impact of climate change on agriculture

Afrik.com - 2 January 2010 - Cote d'Ivoire: UN Mission aids agricultural sector as mission comes to an end

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2009

Fraternite Matin - 22 December 2009 - Lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire: La Cote d’Ivoire reçoit 10 millions de dollars

IPS - 9 December - Media Partnerships to Promote African Farmers

Afrique en Ligne - 17 November - IFAD grants US$ 200 million for rural development in Burundi

Jeune Afrique - 4 November 2009 - L'Afrique à la reconquête de son agriculture

Agence de Presse Senegalaise - 27 October 2009 - ’’L’Etat veillera à ce que les financements soient utilisés à bon escient’’, selon un officiel

GabonEco - 27 October 2009 - Congo : Le directeur du Fonds international de développement agricole pour l'Afrique de l'ouest et du centre en séjour à Brazzaville

UN News Centre - 14 October 2009-  Post offices in West Africa offer electronic money transfer services under UN scheme

UN News Centre - 5 October 2009 - Mauritania’s farmers to benefit from UN scheme to reduce dependence on food imports

Le Mali en Ligne - 11 September 2009 - Agriculture: Investissements pour le développement agricole du Burundi

Afrol News - 10 September 2009 - Burundi obtiene 40 millones $ para desarrollo agrícola

Reuters - 10 September 2009 - Donors grant Burundi $31.6 mln for farm projects

Gabon Nouveau - 8 September 2009 - Gabon-agriculture: Le FIDA distribue de nouvelles semences de manioc

Le Monde - 21 August 2009 - Reboiser le désert

AllAfrica - 18 August 2009 - Mozambique: Country Launches New Project to Boost Rural Markets

AllAfrica - 5 August 2009 - Africa: Agriculture Can Lead Poverty Reduction

AllAfrica - 4 August 2009 - Africa: Invest in Small Farmers, Says IFAD Chief

Afrol News - 2 July -  El sector agrícola centra la cumbre de la Unión Africana en Libia

El Pais - 22 June 2009 - Africa se abre poco a poco a los transgenicos

ReliefWeb - 19 June 2009 -  IFAD provides US$13.2 million to Ethiopia to tackle land degradation

IRIN - 9 June 2009 - Africa: Agriculture an underestimated "safety net"

Business Day - 8 June 2009 - IFAD boss calls for dynamic smallholder agric sector

Ecodiario - 8 June 2009 - El fin de la crisis en áfrica está en los pequenos agricultores, según la ONU

Corriere della Sera – 29 May - L' Onu e l' Africa: la certezza del cibo fermerà gli sbarchi

Il Manifesto - 26 May 2009 - L'Africa si svende la terra

Agenzia Fides - 26 May 2009 - AFRICA - La corsa alle terre coltivabili africane: un rapporto sottolinea opportunità e rischi

AllAfrica - 25 May 2009- Africa: Large land acquisitions could hurt poor

APCom- 25 May 2009 - Eritrea/ IFAD avvia produzione biogas,'combustibile dei poveri'

Financial Times - 25 May 2009- Africa almost giving land away, says UN

IRIN - 18 May 2009 - New Agriculture funds must target poor farmers

UN News Centre - 18 May 2009 - Rural poor in Burundi receive $14 million boost from UN

AllAfrica - 12 May 2009 - Nigeria receives 400 million dollars grant for rural devt - Yar'Adua

France Matin - 12 May 2009 - Le Fonds international de developpement agricole (FIDA) accorde au Cameroun un pret d'un montant de 13,5 millions d'USD

Inter Press Service - 11 May 2009 - Q&A: More investment in production won't cure African food crisis

UN News Centre - 11 May 2009 - UN funds multi-million dollar scheme to boost rural development

Ghana News Agency - 26 April 2009 - Organic mango plantation attracts Veep's attention

Modern Ghana - 24 April 2009- Veep launches 62 million dollar Northern Rural Growth Programme

ReliefWeb - 23 March 2009- Près de 45 millions de dollars du FIDA à l'agriculture burundaise

Daily Monitor - 17 March 2009- Bidco gears up for first palm fruits

Gabon Eco - 11 March 2009- Gabon : 768 millions de francs CFA pour booster l’agriculture dans le Nord

Togo - 10 March 2009 - Le FIDA reprend sa coopération

AllAfrica.com - 8 March 2009 - Nigeria: Country, IFAD and the Rural Poor

Mail and Guardian Online - 4 March 2009 - Food for thought

Reuters - 21 February 2009 - UN gives Tanzania $56 mln loan for farmers

IRIN - 20 February 2009 - Remittances saved the country from collapse

AllAfrica - 3 February 2009 - Cameroon: IFAD to set up country office in Cameroon

AllAfrica - 26 January 2009 - Cameroon: IFAD to Hold Regional Implementation Meeting in Cameroon All Africa

This Day - 25 January 2009 - Nigeria: 'How FG can achieve MDGs'

UN News Centre - 15 January 2009 - UN funds $16 million dollar rural investment scheme for Niger villages