May

Kenya Star / AllAfrica – 23 May 2012 - Kenya Major Funding Boost for Resource Management Project

Modern Ghana – 22 May 2012 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) partners with EMRC for AFIF 2012

Star Africa – 23 May 2012 - Virtual Press Briefing by IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze

US Mission Geneva – 21 May 2012 - Food Security Program Yielding Tangible Results in Africa

Sudan Vision – 22 May 2012 - Workshop to Promote Sudanese Livestock Exports

Uganda Daily Monitor – 21 May 2012 -  Small holder farmers should be Connected to markets

Tunis Afrique Presse News Agency – 20 May 2012 - IFAD: 3.9 million dinars for local initiatives

Xinhua – 18 May 2012 - Madagascar : le financement des projets contre de la pauvreté conditionné par la stabilité politique (FIDA)

Think Africa Press – 11 May 2012 - Ghana's Rural Enterprise Project: A Model for Rural Development in Africa?

East African Business Week (Kampala) – 14 May 2012 - Uganda: 'Target Small Scale Farmers'

Heritage – 8 May 2012 - Liberia: Government to Boost Agriculture, Projects U.S.$80 Million

AllAfrica – 3 May 2012 - Africa: Ifad President to Urge Private Sector Engagement

Huffington Post – 2 May 2012 - Gobi Desert Dust Storms Seen From Space

Jeune Afrique – 2 May 2012 - Téléphonie mobile : le sms, un sérieux coup de pouce pour l'agriculture africaine

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April

InformAfrica.com – 30 April 2012 - Malawi to receive a loan to fund rural agriculture

Cameroonwebnews.com – 27 April 2012 - Cameroon Reaps Benefits of Investments in Agricultural Research

Club of Mozambique – 24 April 2012 - Programme to increase agricultural production and yields in Mozambique to receive funding

AllAfrica – 24 April 2012 - Afrique de l'Ouest: Le partenariat AFD/FIDA au service du développement rural

Zawya – 23 April 2012 - Egypt to enhance food security with IFAD US$71 million loan and grant

Ghana Business News – 23 April 2013 - Ghanaian farmer readies 24-metric tons of butternut squash for export to UK

Business Day (South Africa) – 23 April 2013 - Growing the skills of SA's rural farmers

Guinee News – 23 April 2013 - Lutte contre la pauvreté en Guinée:le FIDA investit dans l’autonomisationdes structures rurales et la gouvernance locale

AfricanSeer – 19 April 2012 - Togo: 'The land is never wrong', says togolese farmer

VibeGhana.com – 18 April 2012 - 12,000 farmers to benefit from NRGP project (Ghana)

The Daily Observer – 17 April 2012 - Gambia: 50 Extension Workers Trained in LRR

AfricanSeer – 17 April 2012 - West Africa: Is Sustainable Agriculture Possible in the Sahel?

IRIN – 13 April 2012 - Madagascar: Small steps towards land reform
Media Terre – 14 April 2012 - Soutien du FIDA à la participation des peuples autochtones à Rio+20

AllAfrica – 12 April 2012 - Decent, Productive Employment for Rural Youth

AllAfrica – 12 April 2012 - Decent, Productive Employment for Rural Youth

Agence de Presse Sénégalaise – 12 April 2012 - Sénégal: La régénération naturelle pour contrer la disparition des ligneuses

Inter Press Service – 6 April 2012 -Young Ivorians fishing big profits out of small ponds

Student Operated Press – 8 April 2012 - Ethiopia`s rural poor to benefit from $100 million in UN loans and grants

AGI - 3 April 2012 - Burundi: sale produzione riso con coltivazioni intensive

AfDB / AllAfrica – 2 April 2012 - Infertile land in Gambia put to plough due to joint AfDB/IFAD

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March

The New Times – 28 March 2012 - To end poverty invest in agriculture-IFAD

AllAfrica - 28 March 2012: Afrique: Le Président Du FIDA, Kanayo F. Nwanze visite le pays

AfricaSeer - 28 March 2012: Senegal: Investment in Rural Youth Bearing Fruit

AllAfrica - 27 March 2012: Cote d'Ivoire: Des jeunes pratiquent la pisciculture dans les étangs

Ghana Web – 22 March 2012 - Government would build on middle income status-Hannah Tetteh

Le Confident – 21 March 2012 - Le Ministre F.Gouandjika lance le preves

GMA News – 21 March – 2012  PHL envoy to Rome seeks support for family farming

AllAfrica – 20 March 2012 -In Rural Areas Water Equals Life

AllAfrica - 16 March 2012 - Cote d'Ivoire: IFAD to Fund Agricultural Development Project to Reduce Rural Poverty in Côte d'Ivoire

Daily Trust Nigera – 15 March 2012 - Child malnutrition and agriculture

Daily Trust – 14 March 2012  - Cameroon: Research Pays Off with Bigger, Healthier Cassava Crop

Xinhua – 14 March 2012 - Niger : le Parlement autorise la ratification de plusieurs accords signés par le gouvernement

Business Daily - 11 March 2012 - Kenya, Equity leads banks in State-guaranteed lending to farmers

Cameroon Tribune – 1 March 2012 - IFAD Promises More Support to Cameroon

New Agriculturist – 1 March 2012 - Le patayourt : innovation à partir de racines et tubercules au Ghana

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February

Biodiversity Policy & Practice – 27 February 2012 - IFAD Supports Investments in Improved Seed Varieties in Sudan

Fratmat – 27 February 2012 - Cote d'Ivoire: Culture du riz - Un partenariat public-prive pour booster la production

Nigeria Punch – 28 February 2012 - FG to boost agricultural productivity to N48tn

AllAfrica – 24 February 2012 - Sudan: Small Farmers Will Receive Improved Seed Varieties - U.S.$10.07 Million Grant From Ifad to Boost Food Security

AllAfrica – 21 February 2012 - Maroc: Améliorer les revenus de 33 000 petits exploitants agricoles dans les zones montagneuses marocaines

East African Business Week – 13 February 2012 - Rwanda boosts exports

Tanzania Daily News - 13 February 2012 - Tanzania: Sweet Cash From Sting Bees

Malawi Voice - 1 February 2012- International Agricultural Fund Gives Malawi US$45m: 200, 000 Poor Households to Benefit

CNN - 1 February 2012 - Agriculture must play 'critical role' in Africa's future

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January

Club of Mozambique - 31 January 2012 - International organisations to support artisanal fishing on the Sofala bank

Agence Ivoirienne de Presse – 29 January 2012 - Sécurité alimentaire: Des tonnes de semences certifiées de riz et de maïs disponibles

Business Daily – 25 January 2012 - Kenya: Treasury Steps in to Cushion Deposit-Taking Institutions

République Togolaise - 24 January 2012 - Bonne gouvernance agricole

AllAfrica - 20 January 2012 - Niger: U.S.$22.2 Million Ifad Loan to Boost Food Security and Rural Development in Maradi Region

AllAfrica – 19 January 2012 - Niger: Le Fida accorde un prêt de 22,2 millions d'USD à la région de Maradi

The Guardian Nigeria - 18 January 2012 - IFAD official seeks yield enhancing technology

Microcapital.org - 17 January 2012 - MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: United Nations (UN) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Provides $100m to Ethiopia for Rural Microfinance, Bridges to Traditional Banks

Passport Series - 16 January - Tanzania: Part 2: Microfinance

Kiva.org - 16 January 2012 - Passport Series: Tanzania: Part 2: Microfinance

Daily Trust – 3 January 2012 - Nigeria: Beneficiaries Laud Implementation of IFAD Assisted Agric Programme