Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty
19 December: IFAD Member States rally to fund US$3 billion global poverty effort
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19 December: US$258.38 million in IFAD loans and grants to support rural poverty programmes and projects world wide
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11 December: USD 30.17 million loan from IFAD to empower rural women and reduce poverty in the Mid-Gangetic Plains of India
30 November: IFAD at UN Financing for Development Conference, Doha, Qatar
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17 November: UN agencies join
forces to bring weather insurance to rural poor people
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29 October: IFAD to support US$ 18.95 million programme in Moldova
28 October: IFAD USD 10 million rescue package for farmers in Haiti under FAO initiative for soaring food prices
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21 October: IFAD observes International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with a debate on MDG1
17 October: US$30.3 million loan and US$600,000 grant to India to reduce poverty in Western Rajasthan
17 October: IFAD to support US $ 44.8 million rural development programme in ten provinces of Argentina
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14 October: Rural women are key to increasing agricultural growth and food security in developing countries
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14 October: German MPs to hear from IFAD on importance of investment in agriculture and rural development in developing countries
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8 October: US $8.6 million IFAD grant to Congo will improve plant materials and seeds and provide food security for rural poor people
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8 October: IFAD to support Senegal with agricultural value chains support project with US$14.89 million loan and US$0.27 million grant
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6 October: The European Commission and IFAD sign EUR 67.5m deal to finance pro-poor agricultural research
1 October: US$18.7 million loan and US$515,000 grant to Madagascar will support farmers’ organizations improve agricultural production and increase rural families’ income
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23 September: UN Forum to discuss how partnerships with the private sector can help cut rural poverty
23 September: IFAD President addresses UN high-level event on the response to the food price crisis in Africa
23 September: IFAD Vice-President at McGill University
22 September: New IFAD President to be elected in February 2009
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17 September: US $31.1 million IFAD loan to Mozambique will improve the livelihoods of poor rural households
15 September: US $242.655 million from IFAD in loans and grants for rural poverty programmes and projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Near East and Central and Eastern Europe
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12 September: US$22.33 million loan to Ghana will enhance agricultural and rural growth and help reduce poverty
9 September: Extraordinary meeting at the European Parliament will hear from the Rome-based UN agencies on high food prices
3 September: IFAD’s President says more must be done to make aid effective
26 August: US$27.2 million loan to Nigeria to bolster rural finance institutions
24 July: US$ 6.93 million IFAD-supported project will help increase incomes and market opportunities for 5,200 poor rural households in Guyana
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15 July: IFAD and Panama sign loan agreement for US$4.2 million to improve living conditions in the country’s poorest rural areas
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10 July: From cleaning to farming: Filipino women migrants invest in rural areas in their home country
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3 July: Developing countries make use of $US200 million initiative to increase food production quickly
26 June: IFAD to provide additional US$4.2 million to Cape Verde to help poor rural people gain from economic growth
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17 June: Enhancing food security and reducing rural poverty in the North-west of Azerbaijan
12 June: IFAD and Guatemala sign loan agreement to promote rural development in the country’s central and eastern regions
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4 June: US$27 million IFAD loan to improve living conditions for indigenous communities in the Philippines
2 June: Ban Ki- moon lauds IFAD as having led some of the UN’s most successful development efforts
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22 May: IFAD-CIDA partnership to empower women to reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
21 May: Family farms key to food security and poverty reduction in developing countries
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08 May: IFAD provides US$4 million for poverty alleviation project in Nepal
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29 April: UN press statement: a unified United Nations response to the global food price challenge
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29 April: New network will improve knowledge sharing and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa
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28 April: US$72 million in loans and grants for rural poverty in programmes and projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America
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25 April: US$200 million from IFAD to help poor farmers boost food production in face of food crisis
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23 April: Saudi Arabia’s announcement of US$50 million contribution to the 8th Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources welcomed by IFAD President, Lennart Båge
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16 April: IFAD-supported project will boost incomes of 126,000 households in Angola by improving agricultural productivity and revitalizing markets
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9 April: Urgent measures required to reduce impact of high food prices on the poor
31 March: IFAD consults Belgium, European Commission on a nexus of global development crises
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31 March: IFAD President to consult French officials on global development crises
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28 March: IFAD President Båge is received by His Highness the
Emir of Qatar
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26 March: First global forum on agro-industries - India will host FAO/UNIDO/IFAD conference in April
4 March: IFAD intervenes to support recovery in aftermath of Madagascar cyclone
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February: A new IFAD-supported project in Morocco will boost the local economy of the mountain zones of Errachidia Province
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14 February: IFAD Press Conference - 14 February 12:30
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14 February: Urgent investment in agriculture needed to produce affordable food for poor rural people in developing countries: IFAD Governing Council concludes
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13 February: The price of development has gone up says IFAD President
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13 February: US$3 million IFAD grant to Djibouti for surface water and land management
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13 February: Il Ministro degli Esteri Massimo D’Alema al 31mo Consiglio dei Governatori: “L’IFAD, un modello di sviluppo da seguire”. Nel 2008 l’Italia rende disponibile 130 milioni di euro
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13 February: Invest in smallholder farmers to fight climate change and poverty, says IFAD President
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13 February: IFAD and AfDB sign memorandum of understanding to increase collaboration in eradicating rural poverty in Africa
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12 February: IFAD to support US$70.9 million programme for rural development in Inner Mongolia
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11 February: Farmers’ leaders from developing countries will hold a press conference on opening day of IFAD Governing Council
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30 January: IFAD-supported US$19 million project in Burkina Faso will improve irrigation schemes to boost crop production and farm incomes
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29 January: Working together, pressing new challenges in agricultural development focus of meetings with Saudi officials and IFAD Assistant President
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26 January: Rural poverty reduction is focus of talks between Prime Minister of Yemen and IFAD Assistant President
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23 January: US$19.2 million programme in Malawi will help poor rural people become key players in a newly liberalized economy with private sector support
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22 January: IFAD-backed US$84.6 million project in Bangladesh will help increase agricultural productivity and farm incomes
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21 January: IFAD provides US$16.6 million to improve natural resource management and adaptation to climate change in Yemen
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18 January: Changing the investment climate in Viet Nam's poor rural areas
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08 January: US$11.9 million IFAD loan to Armenia for developing microenterprises
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