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Leveraging artificial intelligence: Harnessing big data to improve decision-making
June 2020
- BLOG
To take advantage of the potential of AI, IFAD employed machine learning techniques to extract insights from across IFAD’s entire investment portfolio.
The impact of COVID-19 on smallholders in China
June 2020
- BLOG
One emerging lesson from the pandemic is that those who are already vulnerable are likely to be the most severely impacted.
What’s needed to protect food security in Africa during COVID-19
May 2020
- BLOG
In most of Africa, people are more likely to die from starvation caused by the economic fallout from the pandemic than from COVID-19 itself.
Protecting health and protecting livelihoods: a delicate balance in the era of COVID-19
May 2020
- BLOG
Development encompasses a wide range of actions that enables people, communities and nations to thrive even after projects have ended.
Long-term development supports quick action in a crisis: an update from Asia and the Pacific
May 2020
- BLOG
It has been really inspiring to receive updates from the field over the past two months illustrating how IFAD-supported projects are continuing to deliver.
The potential impact of COVID-19 on China’s food security: Prospects for food imports
May 2020
- BLOG
Last week, the China Grain Reserve Group announced its intention to purchase 22 million tonnes of imported grain during 2020. Should China worry about food security?
On the International Day for Biological Diversity, commitment to sustainable agriculture is more important than ever
May 2020
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This year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity is “Our Solutions are in Nature.”
Five ways organizations can help countries build agile and inclusive responses to COVID-19
May 2020
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How can we enhance local capacity to respond to this emergency in an agile and inclusive manner?
COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor
May 2020
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Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the continent looks like it could be the worst hit.