2011

Xinhua - 29 December 2011 - Madagascar : extension de la culture de sorgho dans le sud-est du pays

UN News Centre - 23 December 2011 - Ethiopia’s rural poor to benefit from $100 million in UN loans and grants

Zambia Daily Mail - 28 December 2011 - Rural finance key to agricultural productivity

Business Day - 28 December 2011 - South Africa to gain from Lesotho farm aid

Poten & Partners - 21 December 2011 - Nigeria, FG Seeks Loans From India, China, France to Fund 2012 Budget

IPP Media - 20 December 2011 - Tanzania: Project to improve red meat value chain launched

United Nations Multimedia – 19 December 2011 - Benin fishermen find new way to make living

Abidjan.net – 19 December 2011 - Des producteurs semenciers se forment au renforcement des techniques culturales et à la valorisation des productions agricoles à Korhogo (AIP)

Les Echos – 12 December 2011 - Les postes, un levier de croissance pour l'Afrique

Works of Kofi Adu Domfeh (blog) – 14 December 2011 - Ghanaian women find new love for sweet potato

AllAfrica / IPS – 12 December 2011 - Afrique: Du riz nerica pour réduire la pauvreté rurale

AlertNet – 12 December 2011-  Prawns net profit for flood-hit Bangladesh rice farmers

The Guardian Nigeria – 12 December 2011 - Report lauds community-based sponsored programme

AllVoices – 9 December 2011 - Zambia: An IFAD Loan and US Grant to Boost Smallholder Agriculture

Ghana Business News – 8 December 2011 - Ten-member steering committee for Rural Enterprises Programme inaugurated

AlertNet – 8 December 2011 - Cameroon sets sights on rice to improve food security

Times of Swaziland – 6 December 2011 - Agric giant leaders endorse letter to COP17 negotiators

AlertNet – 6 December 2011 - Agroforestry offers Africa an 'evergreen' future

Farming First – 5 December 2011 - How to build the resilience of African smallholder farmers in a changing climate

Uganda Daily Monitor - 4 December 2011 - ‘Financial illiteracy suffocating SACCOs’ (interview with M. Bradley)

Blogposts | guardian.co.uk - 30 November 2011 - Rwanda steps up campaign for greater ownership of aid | Mark Tran

Afrique En Ligne - 1 December 2011 - Microfinance: Booster l'efficacité de la microfinance

Abidjan.net - 25 November 2011 - Sécurité alimentaire en Côte dIvoire - LUnion européenne renforce les capacités rizicoles (Le Democrate)

UPI - 23 November 2011 - African farms in corporate cross hairs

New Vision - 22 November 2011 - Uganda gets sh35b agriculture loan

Vanguard - 22 November 2011 - IFAD appeals to Niger Delta govs on funding

East African Business Week - 20 November 2011 - EA could benefit from IFAD’s $600m agric fund

El Watan - 21 November 2011 - Médéa : L’agriculture renaît dans les dechras isolées
                                                                                                                                                                                                   IPP Media - 19 November 2011 -   Govt finalising USD 5.3bn plan to revamp agriculture (Tanzania)

SudOnLine.sn - 18 November 2011 - Revaloriser la recherche agricole au Sénégal : les conditions des chercheurs de l’ISRA

Africa Info - 18 November 2011 - Afrique: Le FIDA augmentera son aide

The Guardian Nigeria - 16 November 2011 - IFAD tasks Nigeria, others on agric

Algérie Presse Service - 15 November 2011 - M. Ouyahia reçoit le président du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)

Gabon News - 15 November 2011 - Afrique: Mohamed Beavogui: « le taux de croissance annuelle du secteur agricole est passé de 2,3% à plus de 5% en 2010»

Gabon News - 14 November 2011 - Ouverture du 6ème forum régional du Fida à Libreville

The Guardian Nigeria - 14 November 2011 - Borno acquires 2,000 hectres of land for irrigation projects, others

APA News - 9 November 2011 - Formation sur les techniques liées au maraîchage en Mauritanie

United Nations - 3 November 2011 - Rural Mauritanians set to benefit from nearly $18 million in UN loans and grants

Ghana Business News - 3 November 2011 - Ghana rated moderately, unsatisfactory in IFAD’s country evaluation

Modern Ghana - 2 November 2011 - Yam farmers increase crop yield with improved planting materials

Ghana Business News - 1 November 2011 - IFAD expresses satisfaction with Rural Enterprises Project in Eastern Region

Afrique en ligne - 29 October 2011 - Achat de terres agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers

Le Sahel Niger - 25 October 2011 - Le 1er vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale reçoit le chargé de portefeuille de la Division Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre du département de la Gestion des Programmes du FIDA

Sidwaya - 24 October 2011 - Revue conjointe des portefeuilles BAD, BM, FIDA (Burkina Faso)

Afrique En Ligne - 22 October 2011 - Comoros: Fear of failure deters young Comorans from applying for micro-credit loans

Tanzania Citizen - 22 October 2011 - Overcoming rural poverty in the developing world

Nigeria Guardian – 13 October 2011 - Micro finance banks mechanism to transform rural communities, say experts

Nigeria Punch - 12 October 2011 - ‘MFBs can transform rural communities’

Daily Trust - 11 October 2011 - Nigeria: RUFIN Targets Two Million Disadvantaged Farmers

La Gazette de la Grand Ile - 11 October 2011 - Filière oignon: Miser sur 600 tonnes dans le Menabe

Xinhua - 30 September 2011 - Ghana : l'ONU investit pour moderniser le secteur agricole

Kenya Star - 30 September 2011 - Rwandans set to benefit from UN farm loans and grants

AfDB / AllAfrica - 29 September 2011 - AfDB, AUC and UNECA to Discuss Land Investment in Nairobi

AfricanSeer - 29 September 2011 - Ghana: USD 31.5 MIllion to Enhance Small Businesses in Rural Areas

UPI - 28 September 2011 - Urban farmers join green revolution in South Africa

Star Africa - 26 September 2011 - Investing in agriculture is the best way to prevent famines in Africa / IFAD President to held Virtu

WRI - 26 September 2011 - Outgrower Systems Hold Promise for Smallholder African Farmers

Le Temps d'Algérie - 25 September 2011 - Djoudi rappelle l’appui de l’Algérie au FIDA

French News.cn - 23 September 2011 - Togo : un programme d'investissement agricole sera lancé en octobre

SciDev.net - 22 September 2011 - Ghana: Biotech Centre to Spearhead Root, Tuber Research

Heritage - 21 September 2011 - Liberia: Nation Rated Highest Among 24 African Agriculture Producers

Tribune - 14 September 2011 - Le PAM change de stratégie d’approche

Abidjan.net - 13 September 2011 - Humanitaire : lOng Gfm3 forme 25 alphabétiseurs endogènes (Autre presse)

Business Daily Africa - 11 September 2011 - Promotion of traditional crops commendable

Pambazuka News - 9 September 2011 - Africa: IFAD president says Africa needs tools to feed its population

Business Daily - 8 September 2011 - Kenya: Farmers Get Sh5 Billion for Traditional Crops

Africa exPress - 6 September 2011 - In Africa un neocolonismo agricolo

Poten & Partners - 5 September 2011 - What Gains From N4.4 Billion Agric Fund for Niger Delta?

Modern Ghana - 5 September 2011 - Root and Tuber Improvement Project makes giant stride

Sierra Express Media – 27 August 2011 - Somalia may face generation dying

Nigerian Daily Independent - 24 August 2011 - Al-Makura laments farmers’ plight

Radio Okapi - 22 August 2011 - RDC: le gaz méthane produit à partir des excréments d’animaux dans la périphérie de Kinshasa

AFP – 16 August 2011 - Nigerian president aims to boost rice production

Daily Times Nigeria – 15 August 2011 - ISOPADEC earmarks N600m for community road project (Nigeria)

Uganda Daily Monitor – 31 July 2011 - Uganda’s rising debt burden shows government insensitivity

La Tribune Algeria -30 July 2011 - Une crise humanitaire et climatique

CNBC – 22 July 2011 - Somalia emergency exacerbated by instability: U.N.

Daily Independent – 19 July 2011 - Nigeria: Odukpani Communities Receive N2 Million for Agricultural Development

CNN – 20 July 2011 - U.N. declares famine in Somalia; makes urgent appeal to save lives

The Guardian Nigeria – 20 July 2011 - Abdulkareem: Taking agric to the fast lane

East African Business Week – 17 July 2011 - AfDB gives $64m for Tanzania's agriculture

The Citizen – 14 July 2011 - Project to help small farmers into mainstream

IPS News – 12 July 2011 - Burkina Faso: Appui technique massif aux petits producteurs agricoles

French News – China – 4 July 2011 - Madagascar : 30.000 ménages touchés par le programme de promotion des revenus ruraux

Relief Web – 2 July 2011 - Collective action required now to tackle food crisis in East Africa

The Global Herald – 1 July 2011 - Kenya: Funds Launched for Young Entrepreneurs to Mitigate Climate Change

Nigeria Guardian – 28 June 2011 - Women groups benefit from IFAD- assisted agricolture programme in Adamawa

Nigeria Guardian – 26 June 2011 - ETI Raises Hope On Financial Inclusion, Opens Pan-African Centre

Champion Newspapers Nigeria Online – 20 June 2011 - Nigeria: Agriculture stakeholders set agenda for Jonathan

Ghana Business News – 15 June 2011 - Ghana: Trade Minister inaugurates Rural Technology Facilities

The Inquirer Online – 14 June 2011 - Liberia Gets US$46.5m For Food Security

In2EastAfrica (blog) – 14 June 2011 - Kenya: Farming fails to get adequate funding

Business Daily Africa – 14 June 2011 - Kenya: Treasury Criticised for Failing to Give Long-Term Solution to Food Crisis

Nairobi Star – 10 June 2011 - Kenya: New Credit Scheme for Farmers

Times of Zambia – 7 June 2011 - African Caribbean calls for development

Graphic Ghana – 7 June 2011 - Falling Interest Rates. Farmers to benefit

AllAfrica – 6 June - 'To Eradicate Hunger, Treat Small Farms as Business' - Interview with President Nwanze from the World Economic Forum

IPS News – 26 May 2011 - Zimbabwe: Rural Women voting with their feet

Daily Independent (Nigeria) - 24 May 2011 - Yobe govt pledges support for Fadama project

United Nations News Centre – 23 May 2011 - UN agency gives grant and loan to help farmers in rural Chad

Next (Nigeria) – 18 May 2011- Government commences data collation on Nigeria's export-import trends

The Nigeria Punch – 17 May 2011 - SMEDAN, RUFIN sign MoU on entrepreneurial development

Daily News (Tanzania) – 15 May 2011 - How transport infrastructure affects commodity prices

Relief Web – 13 May 2011 - Le FIDA accorde 10,88 millions d'USD à la République centrafricaine pour améliorer la sécurité alime

The Guardian (Nigeria) – 12  May 2011 - RUFIN to improve well-being of 28,750 families in Akwa Ibom

Ghana News Agency – 10 May 2011 - Ghana: MOFA to irrigate 500,000 hectares' of land countrywide

Yahoo News – 9 May 2011 - Mixed messages out of Africa

Nigeria Punch – 8 May 2011 - Food price increases: ‘FG is implementing containment strategies’

African Development Fund – 5 May 2011 - AfDB Board Approves USD 64.8 Million for Uganda Agricultural Infrastructure Programme

SABC News (South Africa) – 3 May 2011 - Africa urged to invest in agriculture to fight poverty

Guardian - Poverty Matters (blog post by Mohamed Béavogui) – 4 May 2011 - African farmers can help to transform the continent

Malaysia Sun – 4 May 2011 - UN and African officials discuss role of agriculture in rural development

Nairobi Star – 3 May 2011 - Kenya: Sh800 Million for Kandara Water

States News Service – 2 May 2011 - On the eve of WEF Africa Summit, IFAD conference to emphasize investment in agriculture

The Daily Observer – 26 April 2011 - Gambia: IFAD, WTO Top Officials Meet President Jammeh

Nigeria Punch – 26 April 2011 - IFAD extends CBARDP for three years

Times of Zambia – 25 April 2011 - Purchase Progress increases access for small-scale farmers

Agence Tunis Afrique Presse – 20 April 2011 - Spain to grant over 14 million euros to small farming projects

Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse - 18 April 2011 - Morocco: HM the King says Africa needs to make the most of its agricultural potential so that it may rise to future challenges

Cameroon Tribune - 17 April 2011 - Organisations paysannes - l'Afrique centrale en quête de professionnalisme

AIM – 11 April 2011 - Mozambique: 45 Million Dollars to Be Invested in Fishing Project

Daily Nation – 10 April 2011- Kenya: Expert Points the Way Forward in Bid to Stave Off Food Shortage

Nigerian Daily Independent – 8 April 2011 - Oyo restates commitment to food security

Vanguard – 7 April 2011 - Africans in diaspora home remittance hit $40bn mark in 2010

AngolaPress – 4 April 2011 - Angola: Minister of Agriculture Visits Argentina And Brazil

Afrique en ligne - 28 March 2011 - Mali-Agriculture: Projet d'accroissement de la productivité agricole

Modern Ghana 26 March 2011 - Head of UN rural development agency set to offer help on visit to drought-hit Kenya

AllAfrica – 25 March 2011 - IFAD to Provide Over U.S.$21 Million for Fishing

Les Afriques – 24 March 2011 - Soutien du FIDA à l'autosuffisance alimentaire en Guinée

Livestock Markets Digest – 21 March 2011 - New project to study goat value chains as platform for boosting food security in India and Mozambique

APA News – 20 March 2011 - Nigeria approves US$15 million to support IFAD

Ghana News Agency - 15 March 2011 - Ghana: Minister inaugurated Rural Technology Facility

Afrique en ligne - 12 March 2011 - Guinée: 18 millions de dollars du FIDA à la Guinée

Ghana News Agency - 11 March 2011 - Second phase of Rural Enterprises Project ends

L'express.mu - 10 March 2011 - Mozambique : le FIDA alloue 40 millions de dollars au développement agricole

Citizen Daily - 10 March 2011 - Tanzania gets $90m loan to enhance rural activities

Afrique en ligne - 9 March 2011 - Mali: Lancement d'un nouveau programme de micro finance

ReliefWeb - 9 March 2011 - IFAD signs agreement for US$90.6 million loan to Tanzania

Triple Pundit – 8 March 2011 - Ivory Coast Politics Put Chocolate Farmers? Livelihoods at Risk

Daily Trust – 8 March 2011 - Nigeria: Songhai Farms Partner On Agric Development

Ghana Business News - 7 March 2011 - Food Facility Programme to increase millet, sorghum production

La Nation (Djibouti) – 3 March 2011 - Des chantiers d’envergure

Leadership – 3 March 2011 - Nigeria: Agency, NGO to Assist Rural Dwellers

Voice of America (Kenya) – 1 March 2011 - Foreign Investors See Potential in African Agriculture

La Nation (Djibouti) – 1 March 2011 - Fonds International de Développement Agricole: Une mission à Djibouti

Next – 1 March 2011 - International fund develops $70 million project for Nigeria

CNBC – 23 February 2011 - OFID Targets Sustainable Development With Four African Countries

Daily News TSN – 22 February 2011 - Africa urged to embrace social media

Mena Report – 22 February 2011 - NIGER : IFAD offers US$13 million for Niger food security emergency

Sharenet - 16 February 2011 - Burundi targets 7 pct rise in food output

Next - 16 February 2011 - Environmental focus: Climate change burden for poor Nigerians

FOX44 News - 15 February 2011 - Senegal is Organizing the International Forum DAKAR AGRICOLE, on 18 and 19 April 2011, with its Keynote Topics Regulation of Agricultural Markets and World Governance

ReliefWeb - 14 February 2011 - US$32 million from IFAD to boost agricultural productivity in Mali

Vanguard - 14 February 2011 - Nigeria and food crisis, why FG must face reality

Ethiopian Observer - 12 February 2011 - International agrcultural land deals award: Ethiopian virgin lands to foreign companies

MediaClubSouthAfrica.com - 9 February 2011 - SA’s women farmers root out hunger

GuineeNews - 9 February 2011 - Exclusif : le ministre de l’Agriculture Teliano bloque tous les projets

GabonEco - 8 February 2011 - Gabon : Le FIDA financera 34 microprojets dans le Woleu-Ntem

ReliefWeb - 7 February 2011 - US$13 million from IFAD for Niger food security emergency

TMC Net - 7 February 2011 - 15 Sabi Trainees Off to Benin

L'Express de Madagascar - 6 February 2011 - Madagascar-Agriculture: 80 millions de dollars du Fida

ArticlesBase - 5 February 2011 - Mother of Bamboo - Women Using Bamboo to Escape Poverty in Tanzania

CIAT BLOG - 3 February 2011 - CIAT helps African cassava “Bridegroom” find perfect match

The Nigerian Observer - 3 February 2011 - Strengthening Micro-Finance System In Rural Areas

PressAfrik - 2 February 2011 - Atelier d’échange et de partage: le Paopa renforce les capacités de ses membres

Leadership (Abuja) - 1 February 2011 - Nigeria: Kebbi Govt Distributes 105 Pumping Machines to Farmers

Providence Journal (Liberia) - 30 January 2011 - Thompson Ayodele: Western enviros imperil key Liberian sector

You Are What You Eat (blog) - 29 January 2011 - Nourishing the planet (and Africa) with a green revolution

Daily Observer - 26 January 2011 - Banking on Liberia's Future

Nigeria Guardian – 23 January 2011 -  Mobile money payment revolution to hit financial market

Afrique Expansion – 21 January 2011 - Développement : La bataille des régions rurales

Jeune Afrique – 21 January 2011 - Jean-Philippe Audinet : "Les États africains n'investissent pas assez dans l'agriculture"

YubaNet – 20 January 2011 - Somalia: Charcoal trade booming despite ban

Gabon News – 19 January 2011 - L’auto promotion des organisations paysannes, objectif du PDAR selon son responsable

Business Daily (Nairobi) – 18 January 2011 -  Kenya: Small-Scale Farmers Benefit From Growth of Financial Services

Guide2Nigeria – 18 January 2011 -  Nigeria: Post Master General to deliver keynote address at Mobile Remittance Summit in Nigeria

Opportunity International – 13 January 2011 - Servicing Rural Malawi with Expanded Microfinance Services

Cameroon Tribune – 13 January 2011 - Les banques se rapprochent des ruraux

Zambia Daily Mail – 12 January 2011 – Agriculture in focus -- Integrated fish farming: Lessons from Bangladesh

The Punch – 13 January 2011 - Food crisis: FG’ll not panic over FAO report – Minister (Nigeria)

Nigerian Daily Independent – 12 January 2011 - Alleviating poverty through rural agriculture

East African Business Week – 10 January 2011 - CAIIP best managed IFAD project

Nigeria Guardian - 9 January 2011- Agric 2011: Global Impacts On Nigeria’s Agriculture

Uganda Daily Monitor - 9 January 2011 - Railway will not solve rural transport problem

MicroCapital – 5 January 2011 -  MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: African Development Bank (AfDB) Launches Migration and Development Fund (MDF), Taking Proposals for Projects