Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty



The Times of Central Asia – 4 April 2011 - IFAD intends to support enhancement of Tajikistans agrarian sector

Pacific Islands News Association – 17 December 2010 -  FAO and SPC collaborate to host 8th Organic Meeting in Fiji

Business Mirror – 16 December 2010 -  DSWD budget for 2011 enough to double coverage of poor beneficiaries (Philippines)

Bangkok Post (Thailand) – 13 December 2010 - In search of grassroots solutions

Daily News (Sri Lanka) - 8 December 2010 - Measures to help fisher folk during off season

Manila Bulletin - 1 December 2010 - Philippines: Caraga economy to soar in 2011

PIA - 30 November 2010 - Philippines: NEDA-PEP's E-Kawayan Enterprise Dev't Project bags best product booth award

VietnamPlus - 29 November 2010 - Conference helps boost agricultural development

Student Operated Press – 27 November 2010 -  UN: Pakistani Floods Creating A New Disaster Every Day

Manila Bulletin – 17 November 2010 - Chico River rehab project gets backing

People's Army Newspaper Online - 12 November 2010 - A new project for ethnic minority communities in Dac Nong

Viet Nam News - 11 November 2010 - Conditions good for private investment in agriculture

VietnamPlus - 9 November 2010 - Multi-million USD aid for Central Highlanders

VoV News - 9 November 2010 - Vietnam attaches importance to agricultural and rural development

Business World - 9 November 2010 - Samar entrepreneurs get help (The Philippines)

The Hindu - 4 November 2010 - Steps to provide livelihood to tsunami-hit

Deccan Herald - 4 November 2010 - Centre mulling to involve MFIs in poverty reduction programmes (India)

Energy Bulletin - 3 November 2010 - From slash and burn to sustainable development from the grassroots in northeast India

In Asia – 20 October 2010 - New Paper Examines Food Security in Asia and the Changing Role of Rice

Thai News Service - 20 October 2010 - Philippines: Dept. of Agriculture provides Bicol farmers seeds to boost rice production

ReliefWeb - 18 October 2010 - IFAD provides additional US$ 10 million to boost sustainable water management in Bangladesh

CHINAdaily - 16 October 2010 - Protect arable land, says UN

US State Dept. Blog - 5 September 2010 - Helping Bangladeshis Achieve Food Security

Financial Express - 27 September 2010 - Asia needs $120 bn annual agriculture investment

Hindu (India) - 21 September 2010 - Books on disaster management distributed among school students

Newspress.fr - 16 September 2010 - Accélérer l'assistance aux sinistrés du Pakistan est nécessaire, selon la FAO

AFP - 15 September 2010 - UN food agencies chart joint response for flood-hit Pakistan

National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 13 September 2010 - FM to hold public forum on agricultural investment direction (Thailand)

Sun Star Network – 1 September 2010 - IFAD conducts final appraisal for inremp (The Philippines)

CHINAdaily – 31 August 2010 - Asia-Pacific workshop on food,agriculture

Foreign Policy Magazine – 31 August 2010 -  Money can't buy everything - Luv Puri

Sun Star Network – 31 August 2010 -  Domoguen: ADB-IFAD unite for INREMP implementation (The Philippines)

CHINAdaily – 26 August 2010 -  The long road to food security (by The President)

IBTmes AU – 24 August 2010 - Floods hit IFAD projects in Pakistan

Sri Lanka Sunday Leader – 21 August 2010 - Jaffna: A year since the end of the war

ReliefWeb – 19 August 2010 - IFAD projects in Pakistan suffer damage by floods

Food crisis and the global land grab - 12 July 2010 - Food shortages puts rural Asia at risk of international exploitation

CNBC - 7 July 2010 - Asia needs more farm investments to feed hungry

Indo-Asian News Service 7 July 2010 - World Bank to assist livelihood project in northeast India

Sri Lanka Daily News - 7 July 2010 - Nepal, IFAD sign deal on agro project

Thai News Service – 7 July – 2010 - Asia: ADB, partners hold forum to boost investment in Asia and the Pacific's agriculture sector

Solomon Times – 6 July 2010 - ADB, Partners hold forum to boost investment in Asia's food sector

Tajikistan News.net – 5 July 2010 - ADB, Partners Hold Forum to Boost Investment in Asia's Food Sector

GMA News.TV – 5 July 2010 - Experts meet on boosting investment in agriculture

Thai News Service – 2 July – 2010 - Bangladesh: ADB $40 million loan to boost food security

Asian Tribune - 27 February 2010 - Sri Lanka-IFAD sign $ 25 m loan agreement; about 57,900 small farmers to benefit

Thaindian News – 24 February 2010 - UN funding program helps thousands of farmers in Sri Lanka

Front line - 13-26 Feb issue - Borrowing solutions

Manila Bulleting Publishing Programe - 26 January 2010 - EC extends P68-M grant for RP rice sufficiency program

Manila Bulleting Publishing Programe - 26 January 2010 - EC extends P68-M grant for RP rice sufficiency program

The Philippine Inquirer - 17 January 2010 - Ifad earmarks $73M for 3 projects in RP

Daily Times - 15 November 2009 - UN to give over $18m to Pakistan for farmers

Philippine Daily Inquirer - 17 October 2009 - Hammock cradles dreams

Voice of Vietnam - 16 September 2009 - Vietnam calls for int’l assistance in rural development

Nepal News - 9 September 2009 - Unemplyment scheme to benefit migrant workers

Economic Times - 13 June 2009 - Crisis still to hit poor countries: UN agency

Indian Express.com - 19 June 2009 - A lifeline for suicide zones

UN News Centre - 27 April 2009 - Afghanistan : De meilleurs revenus agricoles grâce au programme laitier de la FAO

Minivan News - 4 March 2009 - Catching tuna the Maldivian way

Relief Web - 27 January 2009 - US$12.3 million IFAD grant to Tajikistan for Khatlon livelihoods support project