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17 DEC

Financing for nutrition: Leveraging the pivotal role of Public Development Banks, Nutrition for Growth Side event - Welcoming Remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD

07 DEC

Opening Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit

03 DEC

Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021

23 NOV

Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the 2021 Global ODA Forum for Sustainable Agricultural Development

18 NOV

International Land Coalition Assembly of Members - Welcome address by IFAD President, Gilbert F. Houngbo

08 NOV

Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, COP26 Great Green Wall Event

Location: Glasgow, UK
06 NOV

Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, IFAD President, at COP26 Press Conference: Achieving sustainable & prosperous food systems

30 OCT

Gilbert F. Houngbo, IFAD President,​​​​​​ at the Malabo Montpelier Panel

Location: Montpelier
25 OCT

World Food Prize Foundation International-Borlaug Dialogue, Gilbert F. Houngbo, IFAD President - Accelerating women's access to productive resources to produce more and better

20 OCT

Finance in Common Summit 2021 - Closing Remarks by Dominik Ziller, IFAD Vice-President

19 OCT

Leveraging PDBs to achieve Inclusive and Green Food system transformation: A multi-stakeholder perspective

15 OCT

World Food Day 2021 - Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, IFAD President

15 OCT

Gender Awards 2021 - Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, IFAD President

11 OCT

CFS 49 - Opening remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, IFAD President

05 OCT

Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD and Chair of UN-Water - World Meteorological Organization’s 2021 State of Climate Services: Water

29 SEP

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

26 SEP

Sustainable Development Forum 2021 (China) People-centred Sustainable Development

23 SEP

Towards Sustainable Food Systems: the Critical Role of Migrants

23 SEP

UN Food Systems Summit: Statement in Carrying Forward the Vision and Momentum for 2030

Location: Online
08 JUL

Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the Food Systems Independent Dialogue of Farmers' Organizations

Location: Rome
01 JUL

Opening remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the WEF Country Leadership Roundtable

Location: Online
22 MAR

Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, Celebration of World Water Day and launch of UN World Water Development Report

Location: Online
17 FEB

Thank you and Vision for Second Term - Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD

12 FEB

Remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB+5)

Location: Virtual event
08 FEB

Remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the CFS High-Level Special Event "Making a Difference in Food Security and Nutrition"

Location: Virtual event
02 FEB

Welcoming Remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the Fifth Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum

Location: IFAD headquarters, Rome, Italy
29 JAN

Opening Remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the World Economic Forum, ASEAN Post Panel

Location: Virtual event
11 JAN

Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at One Planet Summit

03 DEC

Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020

02 DEC

Opening Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD: Transforming agrifood systems and fostering inclusive rural development to end rural poverty in the context of COVID-19

Location: Virtual event
18 NOV

Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD, to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament

Location: Rome, Italy
13 OCT

Fourth Informal Joint Meeting of the FAO Council, IFAD Executive Board and WFP Executive Board

Location: Rome
13 OCT

Impact of COVID-19 on people's livelihoods, their health and our food systems

07 AUG

Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, International Day of Indigenous Peoples 2020

14 JUN

Statement on the Black Lives Matter protests and other mass demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality

21 APR

Joint Statement by FAO, IFAD, WFP and the World Bank on COVID-19 Impacts on Food Security and Nutrition on the occasion of the Extraordinary G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting

21 MAR

Join Statement by Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization and Gilbert F. Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water and President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, on the occasion of the World Water Day and World Meteorological Day 2020

06 MAR

Opening Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, International Women’s Day 2020

Location: IFAD headquarters, Rome, Italy
03 DEC

Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

25 NOV

Speech by Mr Guoqi Wu, IFAD Associate Vice-President, at the opening ceremony of the Rome-based Agencies’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

Location: WFP Headquarters, Rome, Italy
11 NOV

Keynote Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo President of IFAD at Conference on Food Loss and Waste Reduction

Location: Vatican City
15 OCT

Statement by Cornelia Richter Vice-President of IFAD, at Celebration of the International Day of Rural Women (CFS 46)

Location: FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
14 OCT

Remarks by Gilbert Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the 46th Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 46)

Location: FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
09 AUG

Statement by IFAD on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2019

Location: Rome, Italy
15 JUL

Opening Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo President International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the Publication of the 2019 report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI)

Location: UN HQ, NY
26 APR

IFAD's Statement by Mattia Prayer Galletti Lead Technical Specialist at UNPFII

Location: New York
05 APR

Keynote address by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the Islamic Development Bank Governors’ Forum

Location: Marrakech, Morocco
14 MAR

Keynote address by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD, at the Stakeholder seminar Increasing smallholder resilience to climate change in developing countries

Location: Helsinki, Finland
15 FEB

Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD, on the occasion of the ABC Fund launch

Location: FAO HQ, Rome, Italy
14 FEB

Statement by Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD, to the Opening of the forty-second session of the Governing Council

Location: FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

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