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Indigenous youth in agriculture during COVID-19
August 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to re-examine everything: their priorities, their jobs, even their roles in society.
Smartphones keep track of IFAD projects’ achievements and challenges in Brazil during COVID-19
July 2020
For all the chaos they bring, crises also have a way of giving birth to unexpected opportunities. One way they do this is by urging people to develop new tools to help them resist disaster.
Free-range chicken farming a success in remote Viet Nam
July 2020
At first, when Nguyen Thi Bich decided to try her hand at highland chicken farming, she didn’t quite know what to expect.
Member State delegates welcome Special Envoys in support of IFAD’s Twelfth Replenishment
July 2020
IFAD’s Twelfth Replenishment (IFAD12) comes at a critical juncture. Hunger is on the rise across the globe, and progress against poverty has come to a standstill.
Annual Report 2019 reaffirms the importance of IFAD’s investments in challenging times
July 2020
In 2020, the world is seeing once again that when crisis strikes, it is the poorest and most vulnerable people who suffer the most.
From project participant to project staff: Priscilla Torres’s story of growth
July 2020
Although you won’t find the little village of Wowetta on any Internet map, it’s the centre of the universe for Priscilla Torres, a 37-year-old Wapishana woman. A very active and outspoken mother of three, Priscilla is a true community leader.
Social media helps young rural Kenyan entrepreneurs battle the COVID-19 shutdown
July 2020
Until COVID-19 hit in March, the G-Star Youth Group’s banana processing factory was buzzing with activity.
The importance of data management for pastoral communities
July 2020
Globally, between 200 and 500 million pastoralists manage rangelands that cover over a third of the Earth’s landmass.
Indigenous knowledge – and resilience – in a COVID-19 world
July 2020
It is increasingly clear that human health and our relationship with nature are inescapably intertwined. This holds true across many dimensions of health, including the potential for the transmission of disease – just as we are seeing with the current COVID-19 pandemic.