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2021 Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge

Annual report 2020: 123 million rural people reached as IFAD steps up fight against hunger, poverty and exclusion

El proyecto Puentes fomentará los vínculos entre gastronomía y agricultura familiar para crear empleo y oportunidades económicas para los jóvenes de las zonas rurales y peri-urbanas de Bolivia, Colombia y Honduras

IFAD and partners to announce upcoming coalition to support public development banks’ financing of sustainable and equitable food systems

Putting rural small-scale producers at the centre of food systems’ transformation – join IFAD during the Food Systems pre-Summit (26-28 July 2021)

Spanish filmmaker wins first IFAD COPEAM Award at Sicilymovie - Festival del Cinema di Agrigento

Food systems that ignore the needs of poor rural people are doomed to fail, warns IFAD President ahead of Food Systems pre-Summit

IFAD and China launch project to revitalize the rural economy in Hunan

A new strategic opportunities programme to strengthen the partnership between Côte d’Ivoire and IFAD

Third round of National Call for Proposals (Morocco): Supporting remittances in times of crisis in Africa

IFAD’s new investment programme to boost private funding of rural businesses and small-scale farmers

UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger

Call for proposals: Digital advisory services to support accelerated rural transformation

Finalists announced for first ever IFAD COPEAM Film Award

IFAD’s Rural Youth Innovation Award recognizes the key role that young people play in overcoming the impact of COVID-19 on rural communities

Tanzanian small-scale farmers receive support to improve food security in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

IFAD and KSrelief agree to jointly tackle hunger and malnutrition in world’s most vulnerable countries

Second Edition of the IFAD Latin American and Caribbean Rural Youth Innovation Award

IFAD and Guinea to help rural populations recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

G20 recognizes importance of Public Development Bank financing to tackle rural poverty and hunger, and leadership of IFAD

IFAD and Govt. of Maharashtra join hands to empower 1 million rural women

South Sudan and IFAD to boost productivity, food security and resilience of small-scale farmers faced with climate change

Lack of digital infrastructure risks leaving millions of rural families in poverty – IFAD makes urgent call on International Day of Family Remittances

Sri Lanka and IFAD partner to reduce poverty and increase food and nutrition security in the face of climate change

The International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture statement on child labour in agriculture for the World Day Against Child Labour 2021

Join the Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development Summit - 16-17 June 2021

Call for Proposals: Rural youth employment opportunities

President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi of Mozambique launches IFAD-supported project to boost aquaculture

Economic empowerment of rural women positively impacts social norms and strengthens food security

Ugandan remittances decline but still are a lifeline for rural people

IFAD first in development aid rankings – new report

Remittance flows to Kenya defy the odds during the COVID-19 pandemic

FAO, FIDA y PMA crean alianza de cara a la Cumbre sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios de Naciones Unidas

European Union and IFAD to support Ethiopian rural financial institutions, jobs and livelihoods in the face of the COVID-19

South Sudan small-scale producers receive support from IFAD to safeguard their livelihoods in the face of the COVID-19 crisis

Tanzania and IFAD partner to boost productivity, improve food security and build resilience of small-scale farmers in the face of the climate change 

Call for proposals: Grant to strengthen borrowers’ capacity on environmental, social and climate best practices

Small-scale farmers in remote areas of Haiti receive help for food production and COVID-19

African countries commit to double agricultural productivity as development banks, institutions pledge US$17 billion to increase food security

Second round of National Calls for Proposals (Kenya and Uganda): Supporting remittances in times of crisis in Africa

African Development Bank, IFAD and partners redouble efforts to stop hunger in Africa and strengthen food security

Feeding Africa: Leadership to Scale up Successful Innovations

Potential game-changing systemic solutions for the UN Food Systems Summit: Advancing equitable livelihoods

IFAD and the Islamic Development Bank commit $500 million to address hunger and climate change in poor rural communities

New investment in digital solutions will connect Latin American farmers to markets and banking services in response to COVID-19 restrictions

Italy to set the stage for UN Food Systems Summit with three-day event that will deliver bold new ambitions

Empowering women and girls is crucial to ensure sustainable food security in the aftermath of COVID-19, say UN food agency heads ahead of International Women’s Day

El FIDA lanza la Segunda Edición del Premio a la Innovación Juvenil Rural en América Latina y el Caribe

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