IFAD in the news

AgriMarketing – 27 February 2012  - OP-ED: Bill Gates, a voice of reason for modern agriculture (by Greg Henderson)

The Nation – 26 February 2012 - IFAD President tasks leaders on poverty reduction

The Guardian development blog – 24 February 2012 - Bill Gates pledges $200m to boost smallholder farmer productivity

Boston Globe – 23 February 2012 - Bill Gates Calls International Response to Helping Poor Farmers Outdated and Inefficient, Outlines Changes Needed to Feed 1 Billion Hungry
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Financial Times: Gates attacks ‘outdated’ UN food agencies, San Francisco Chronicle
New York Times: Green Blog: Bill Gates Calls for More Accountability on Food Programs 
Washington Post: Bill Gates to UN: Find new ways to help poor farmers; announces $200 million in grants

Xinhua – 23 February 2012 - L'ONU exhorte à développer le monde rural pour réduire la pauvreté

AllAfrica – 23 February 2012 - 'Food Shortages More Serious Than Financial Crisis' Says Italy's Riccardi
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AllAfrica: Farmers Shape Global Future, Say World Leaders
Pravda: Feeding the world: From subsistence farming to smallholders

AllAfrica – 22 February 2012 - No Global Security Without a Thriving World Agriculture Sector, Says Italian Prime Minister

La Politica Italiana.it - Monti applaudito a lungo all'uscita da Ifad: Non me l'aspettavo

Poten & Partners – 22 February 2012 - Kagame Calls for IFAD's Member States to 'Be Bold'

Impatient Optimists - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – 22 February 2012  - A New Chapter: IFAD and the Gates Foundation on Sustainable Agriculture

Individual.com – 22 February 2012 - Youth in Agriculture: Special Session of the 2012 Farmers' Forum
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Morocco: Bigger Incomes for 33,000 Smallholder Farmers in Mountain Zones
Youth in Agriculture: Special Session of the 2012 Farmers' Forum
Botswana: IFAD Renews Relationship With Nation

United Nations – 22 February 2012 - Leaders convene at UN farmers’ forum to tackle climate change challenges