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Five ways IFAD is helping to reduce rural poverty in an age of climate change

October 2022

Even when a world without poverty seems out of reach, here’s how IFAD continues to work in developing countries, amplifying the voices of rural people and integrating them into value chains, so they can earn and save, while feeding the world and conserving the natural environment. 

What’s on the menu in 2050?

October 2022

What’s on the menu in 2050? For World Food Day, we contemplate what our plates might look like in the future and explore how the world’s small-scale farmers are revolutionizing what we eat.  

Rural Women Rise

October 2022

Meet some of the inspiring women IFAD supports as they, in turn, bolster the people around them.

You are what you eat: Indigenous youths breathe new life into ancient traditions

October 2022

Young members of indigenous communities are working to reverse centuries of dispossession and preserve their way of life, including their food heritage. 

Water brings life to rural people

October 2022

Irrigation brings water to the world's poorest rural people in the right quantities and when they need it, helping farmers adapt to climate pattern shifts.

Mapping the way to a better future

September 2022

An inside look at how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can help map projects and lift rural people out of poverty.

Solving a data dilemma in the Solomon Islands

September 2022

When the Solomon Islands began seeing its first cases of COVID-19 in early 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock activated emergency food relief efforts. But after years of neglecting data collection, how do you find and feed people without addresses, street names or house numbers?

IFAD’s hopes for UNGA77

September 2022

World leaders and the heads of UN agencies come together in New York this week for the UN General Assembly. As global crises compound and converge, now is the time for global action and common ground. IFAD’s President-elect, Alvaro Lario, will use this opportunity to advocate for rural people and push to transform food systems.

A new sustainable way to fish for better incomes and diets in Nigeria and Ghana

September 2022

Cage aquaculture is a greener, cheaper method of fish farming. Thanks to South-South and Triangular Cooperation, ProSCAWA is helping small-scale fishers get started with cage aquaculture and meet growing demand for fish.

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