Opening remarks by the Director of the Near East and North Africa Division
Several major events related to food security took place in 2009, all with potentially significant impacts on our region: the Arab Economic, Development and Social Summit in Kuwait in January; the Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila, Italy, in July; and the World Summit on Food Security in Rome in November. These events underscored the urgent need for much greater investments in agriculture. The Kuwait Summit approved an ambitious US$26 billion Arab food security programme; L'Aquila committed US$20 billion to address the food crisis.
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Issue no. 7, December 2009
On the margins of the World Summit on Food Security, IFAD holds bilateral talks with heads of delegation from the NENA region to boost cooperation and joint activities
During the World Summit on Food Security, held in Rome from 16 to18 November 2009, IFAD’s President...
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Regional themes
The Arab region continues to suffer the worst effects of climate change in terms of water availability.While global projections for climate change indicate a drop in rainfall precipitation of 20 to 40 per cent ...
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Country programme features
The Government of the Sudan and IFAD signed a grant agreement on 3 November 2009, under which the Fund extended US$3 million...
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Voices from the field
The combination of credit, a small plot of land reclaimed from the desert and water can make a world of difference in launching a poor, young and unemployed couple into a more prosperous life. A scheme initiated by the Egyptian Government in the early 1990s ...
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Knowledge management and capacity-building
A unique regional knowledge-sharing event organized by the Near East and North Africa Division of IFAD and the International Center for Agricultural Research...
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