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Joint statement by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and France on the Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM) initiative

FARM Initiative – Pillar 3 Implementation AFD-IFAD joint press release

IFAD chooses its top finance executive, Alvaro Lario, as next president to lead response to the global food crisis

UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021

More than 250,000 rural Brazilian families overcame poverty in 2016-2022 thanks to IFAD support

Save the date: IFAD Member States elect next President

IFAD inaugural bond issuance to Asian investor Dai-Ichi Frontier Life ramps up investments to strengthen small-scale farmers’ resilience to climate change and fight hunger and poverty

Award-winning Indian chefs partner with UN agency IFAD to create Recipes for Change

Global remittances flows expected to reach US$5.4 trillion by 2030 spurred on by digitalization

UN’s IFAD signs letter of intent with China’s Centre for International Agricultural Research

Launch of the first Mobileremit Africa Report for financial and digital inclusion

Digitalization of remittances: an opportunity for financial and digital inclusion - a specific country analysis on The Gambia

Digitalization of remittances: an opportunity for financial and digital inclusion - a specific country analysis on Ghana

Two IFAD Associate Vice-Presidents on official visit to Senegal and The Gambia

IFAD €3.5 million loan to promote women-led agribusiness in Madagascar and support small-scale farmers

Transformando los Sistemas Alimentarios para Fomentar la Prosperidad Rural

IFAD and Youcheng Foundation commit to rural revitalization in China

IFAD-funded project to help smallholder farmers make the transition to agroecology in Argentina

IFAD’s bond issuance marks milestone, connecting capital markets to rural poor around the world

IFAD opens regional office to better serve the small-scale farmers in East and Southern Africa

La iniciativa “Anfitriones para la Paz” crea oportunidades para jóvenes rurales en gastronomía, agricultura y turismo, dinamizando y revalorizando los territorios

IFAD and Government of Uttarakhand partner to double rural incomes and build climate resilience in the state

More climate finance in support of small-scale farmers is urgently needed, warns IFAD at Stockholm+50

IFAD-funded project to create opportunities of employment and economic inclusion for rural youth in the Dominican Republic

Newly-appointed IFAD Regional Director of Asia and the Pacific visits Bangladesh

The International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture (IPCCLA) Statement for the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

IFAD-funded project to help preserve Amazonian forest in one of Brazil’s poorest states

IFAD launches response to protect world’s rural poor against shocks from war in Ukraine

At COP 15, IFAD calls for immediate long-term investments in land restoration and climate resilience to ensure global food security

IFAD Goodwill Ambassador, Sabrina Dhowre Elba visits IFAD-supported projects in Kenya

IFAD Vice President to meet Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente and ministers in Rwanda

IFAD Launches Response to Global Food Security Impacts of War in Ukraine

Nouveaux accords de financement - Le FIDA accompagne le Sénégal dans son aide aux populations rurales face à la pauvreté et aux changements climatiques

IFAD-funded project to fight rural poverty by addressing climate change effects in Mexico’s Balsas Basin

IFAD-funded project to protect the environment in Haiti by improving smallholder farmers' and artisanal fishermen's livelihoods

Small-scale farmers and climate adaptation – an under-reported story and world’s premiere of short film with Chef Carlo Cracco are featured at the Perugia International Journalism festival

US$20 million loan from India boosts IFAD’s efforts to tackle hunger and poverty in rural areas

Appointment of the President of IFAD

Member States to nominate candidates for next IFAD President

IFAD discusses COP27 preparations with the Egyptian government

IFAD-funded project to combat climate change, increase staple food production and enhance Bolivia’s food security

Impacts of Ukraine conflict on food security already being felt in the Near East North Africa region and will quickly spread, warns IFAD

Empowering Rural Women: UN Joint Programme’s new phase to target countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific

Appel à propositions: Création de possibilités d’emploi pour la jeunesse rurale en Afrique

UN Food Agencies Call for Climate Adaptation Solutions that Include Women and Girls

On International Women’s Day, IFAD and Govt. of Maharashtra boost commitment to empower 1 million rural women

IFAD-funded project to increase coffee and cocoa production in eastern Cuba while building resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change

The impact of conflict in Ukraine on global food security

UN agency IFAD and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences release study on the impacts of COVID-19 on the rural economy

Norway puts small-scale agriculture at the center of its fight against hunger and poverty with increased funding to IFAD