For more than 30 years the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has worked to eradicate rural poverty in developing countries around the world.  This 8-minute video provides an overview of the organization and its work.

Duration: 8’ 00”
Location: Various
Producer: Sam Cole
Language: English, Italian

In 2008, global food price spikes and four successive hurricanes battered the Caribbean island of Haiti, causing an estimated US$220 million in damage to food crops. Tens of thousands of farmers were left without a means of earning an income and the country without enough food to eat. This short video looks at a special IFAD-funded programme designed to kick-start the country’s food production quickly and the support needed to make Haiti food secure.

Duration: 4’ 30”
Location: Haiti
Producer: James Heer
Language: English, French, Spanish

Consumer demand for organic, fair trade chocolate is helping to revive an entire sector of the economy in Sao Tome. Thanks to an initiative first proposed by IFAD, 1400 farmers on this island 230 kilometres of the west coast of Africa have switched to organic cocoa production and are earning more money as a result.

Duration: 3’
Location: Sao Tome
Producer: James Heer
Language: English

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