Media Advisory no.: MA/04/10

Rome, 20 October 2010 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency, will release a major report on the state of rural poverty in the developing world at an international conference on food security in London in December 2010.

WHAT:	Launch of the Rural Poverty Report 2011 – new realities, new challenges: new opportunities for tomorrow’s generation
WHO:	Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, IFAD
WHEN:	6 December 2010 9:30am GMT – Presentation and Panel Discussion 11:00am GMT – Press Conference
WHERE:	Chatham House 10 St James's Square London SW1Y 4LE

 

At a time when one billion people in rural areas live in extreme poverty and face escalating risks related to natural resource constraints, climate change and volatile food prices, the Rural Poverty Report 2011 provides a comprehensive look at rural poverty’s global consequences and points to emerging opportunities for rural growth and development.

The reportis the product of extensive research by an international team of experts in the field of poverty reduction – and includes what rural poor people themselves are saying.  It squarely addresses the problem of how to double agricultural output in developing countries in order to meet future food security needs, and it emphasizes the crucial role that policies, investments and good governance can play in empowering rural people to be a key part of the solution.

Journalists wishing to attend the London event are requested to contact Jessica Thomas by 26 November 2010

More information on the Rural Poverty Report 2011 and on how to receive a copy is available on RPR2011 website.

Further details on the Chatham House conference, Food Security 2010 – Making Food Security Work: Matching Supply to Demand, can be found on chathamhouse website.

For Rural Poverty Report photography - please visit IFAD image bank  and quick search ‘Rural Poverty Report’.

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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) works with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. Since 1978, IFAD has invested over US$12 billion in grants and low-interest loans to developing countries, empowering more than 360 million people to break out of poverty. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency based in Rome – the UN’s food and agricultural hub. It is a unique partnership of 165 members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), other developing countries and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).