December

20 December: IFAD grant of US$20.28 million to boost rice and vegetable productivity in The Gambia
English

14 December: IFAD grant of US$17.28 million to boost national food security in Eritrea
English

10 December: IFAD and AGRA call for continued investments in Africa’s smallholder farmers to unlock Africa’s potential
English

3 December: Líderes indígenas de América Latina y El Caribe se reúnen para el establecimiento del Foro de Pueblos Indígenas en el FIDA
Spanish

2 December: IFAD to support loan and grant to enhance sustainable agricultural growth in Nepal
English

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November

29 November: The unlocking of Africa’s agricultural potential
English

22 November: Aviation Biofuels: IFAD calls for sustainable pro-poor development and small farmers engagement in developing countries
English | Italian

20 November: British government and IFAD sign commitment for innovative climate adaptation programming
English

20 November: International workshop on sustainable pro-poor development of aviation biofuels
English

15 November: International Workshop on Sustainable Pro-poor Development of Aviation Biofuels
English

9 November: IFAD extends grant funding to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to boost food security
English | French

9 November: Regional forum on IFAD’s operations in West and Central Africa examine impact
English | French

8 November: IFAD to provide funds for YemenInvest - Rural Employment Programme

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October

29 Octobre: Le FIDA et le Cap-Vert signent un accord de prêt de 15,8 millions d'USD pour créer de l’emploi aux jeunes ruraux pauvres
French

25 October: IFAD and Niger sign a US$21.46 million financing agreement to boost small-scale irrigation
English | French | Italian

19 October: IFAD and Brazilian State of Paraíba sign agreement for new US$49 million social inclusion project
English | Portugese

16 October: Creating business opportunities for a globally competitive agricultural sector
English

9 October: Globally almost 870 million chronically undernourished - new hunger report
English

4 October: FAD’s new Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) goes live
English

4 October:The EU and the International Fund for Agricultural Development sign a partnership to improve sustainable agriculture
English

3 October: IFAD signs loan agreement with Colombian Government for innovative Trust and Opportunity Project
English | Spanish

Le 3 octobre 2012: Signature d’un accord de coopération entre L’AFD et le FIDA
English | French

3 October: Mozambique is first to receive IFAD’s Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) Trust Fund Grant
English

3 October: Prime Minister of Tonga launches US$4 million Rural Innovation Project
English

2 octobre: La France aux côtés du FIDA dans la lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire et la pauvreté rurale
French

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September

27 September: UN launches new programme to empower rural women and girls
English

24 September: ‘Increasing yields is only the first step to economic development’
English

24 September: IFAD Governing Council to elect President for next four years
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

24 September: US$46 million IFAD loan and $1 million IFAD grant to improve Chinese smallholder farming families lives
English

11 September: Expert forum on aid and development in regions suffering protracted crises
English

7 September: Consultative Group Meeting in Riyadh announces US$6.4 billion for Stabilization Programme
English

5 September: Seminar: How access to markets for organic and fairtrade certified products can improve smallholders' income in developing countries
English | Italian

4 September: Tackling the root causes of high food prices and hunger
Arabic | English | Chinese | French | Italian | Russian | Spanish

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August

27 August: IFAD to fund value chain programme to link small farmers to markets in Nigeria
English

23 August: Food and water security tightly linked
English

16 August: Transfer innovations from research labs to farmers fields
English

3 August: Madagascar to receive US$35 million loan and grant from IFAD and €14.29 million loan from Spanish Trust Fund
English | French

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July

15 July: Nwanze will visit Sunamganj Community-Based Resource Management Project in Bangladesh
English

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June

18 June: No sustainable development without eradication of hunger and extreme poverty: Statement on Rio +20 from Bioversity International, FAO, IFAD and WFP
English

14 June: Smallholders anchor sustainable development at Rio+20
Arabic | English | French | Portugese | Spanish

8 June: US$35 million IFAD loan and grant to Cambodia for agricultural development
English

6 June: US$1.75 million IFAD grant to strengthen opportunities in rural African-descendent communities in Latin America
English | Spanish

6 June: Road to Rio+20: Making agriculture climate-smart
English

4 June: AFD/IFAD partnership to support rural development in West Africa
English | French

4 June: IFAD President received honorary doctorate from McGill University
English

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May

31 May: IFAD signs loan agreement for US$62.9 million 'Buen Vivir in Rural Territories' programme in Ecuador
English | Spanish

25 May: Improving food security in Timor-Leste to end 'hungry season'
English

25 May: Rural Communities in Tonga to build sustainable livelihoods
English

23 May: Kenya to receive US$33 million loan from IFAD and EUR 12.8 million loan from Spanish Trust Fund
English

21 May: Virtual press briefing by IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze
English

21 de mayo: El FIDA examina ‘Desarrollo rural en América Latina: preguntas, perspectivas y desafíos’
español

18 May: IFAD President welcomes G8’s “New Alliance” on food security
English

18 May: Scaling up the fight against poverty and hunger in Africa
English

17 May: IFAD President joins G8 leaders to launch food security agenda
English

3 May: Connect smallholder farmers to markets: at WEF Africa, IFAD President to urge private sector engagement
English

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April

24 April: Born into poverty – new report highlights the harsh inequalities facing Latin America's poor rural people
English | Spanish (extended version)

23 April: Egypt to enhance food security with IFAD US$71 million loan and grant
Arabic | English

20 Avril: Le partenariat AFD/FIDA au service du développement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest
French

12 April: Decent and productive employment for rural youth within reach
English

2 April: Quality seeds grow food security in West Africa
English | French

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March

27 mars  2012: Le Président du FIDA, Kanayo F. Nwanze visite le Burundi
French

26 March: IFAD President  at the African Union to support development of action plans to reach 2015 Millennium Development Goals and beyond
English

20 March: In rural areas water equals life
English

16 March: IFAD to fund agricultural development project to reduce rural poverty in Côte d'Ivoire
English | French

6 March: The Invisible Guarantors of Food Security
English

1 March: Rural institutions, tools for social and economic progress
Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish

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February

28 février: Le Président du FIDA, Kanayo F. Nwanze en visite officielle au Cameroun
French

24 February: IFAD, the Saudi Fund for Development and the Arab Bank for Economic Development of Africa commit to increased investments in agriculture and rural development
Arabic | English

24 February: Small farmers in The Sudan will receive improved seed varieties
Arabic | English

23 February: "Food shortages more serious than financial crisis" says Italy's Riccardi
English | French | Italian

23 February: Il ministro per la Cooperazione Internazionale e l'Integrazione Andrea Riccardi all'incontro annuale dell'IFAD
Italian

23 February: Increasing Gates Foundation and IFAD partnership means more support for smallholder farmers
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

22 February: Rwanda's Kagame calls for IFAD's Member States to "be bold"
Arabic | English | French | Spanish

22 February: No global security without a thriving world agriculture sector, says Italian Prime Minister
Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish

22 February: IFAD President commits to pull up to 90 million people out of poverty
Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish

21 February: IFAD-funded programme injects US$1 million into Haitian rural communities, generating 210,000 days of work
English | French | Spanish

21 February: IFAD renews relationship with Botswana
English

21 February: Bigger incomes for 33,000 smallholder farmers in Moroccan mountain zones
Arabic | English | French

21 February: Global farmer leaders unite to address the challenge of climate change
Arabic | English | Italian | French | Spanish

21 February: IFAD support to agricultural value chains will reduce food imports in Congo
English | French

20 February: More food for everyone
Arabic | English | French | Italian | Spanish

15 February: IFAD Annual Governing Council on 22-23 February
Arabic | English | French | Spanish | Italian

8 February: 22-23 February 2012: Bill Gates and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to attend IFAD’s annual meeting
Arabic | English | French | Spanish | Italian

1 February: US$89.9 million IFAD loan to India for poverty reduction in Uttarakhand State
English

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January

30 January: US$22.2 million IFAD loan to Sri Lanka for poverty reduction
English

24 January: US$45.7 million IFAD loan and grant to Malawi to boost food security in rural areas
English

20 January: US$47 million IFAD loan for small farmers in China to prepare for climate calamities
English

19 January: US$22.2 million IFAD loan to Niger to boost food security and rural development in Maradi region
English | French

10 January: US$24.9 million IFAD loan to Liberia to revitalize cocoa and coffee production sectors
English