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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

Norwegian Minister Tvinnereim and IFAD President Houngbo to visit Malawi in wake of storms to discuss climate resilience and hunger

IFAD-funded project to develop technological solutions to help smallholder farmers overcome COVID-19 impact in Latin America and the Caribbean

World leaders call for innovative solutions and urgent financing to address rural poverty in a warming world at IFAD’s global meeting

Global leaders to discuss how to finance a more resilient, inclusive post-COVID world at IFAD Governing Council meeting – 16 February 2022

IFAD to provide additional support to mitigate COVID-19 impact in Somalia

United Nations rural poverty agency IFAD set to boost its ethical investments

IFAD’s Rural Development Report launched in China - advocating for transforming food systems for rural prosperity

The Netherlands provides EUR 4.13 million grant to enhance climate change adaptation and resilience in agriculture in Jordan

Norway commits funds to IFAD to lift aquaculture communities out of poverty and lower malnutrition in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania

To help avert future food crises in the world’s poorest regions, Canada commits its highest-ever funding to the UN agency IFAD

La Unión Europea y el FIDA se alían para fortalecer las organizaciones de pequeños agricultores en América Latina

Denmark commits millions to vulnerable farmers through IFAD’s climate adaptation fund

Urgent investments in small-scale farming needed to offset soaring food prices and deepening malnutrition, says IFAD

Food producers need a greater voice in global climate forums, says Finnish development leader and IFAD’s new head of external relations

New UN report: Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean rose by 13.8 million people in just one year

New UN report warns that the number of people suffering hunger in Latin America is at its highest point in two decades

€400 million loan from KfW boosts IFAD’s efforts to tackle hunger and poverty and help rural poor adapt to climate change

President Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire and IFAD President Gilbert F. Houngbo to discuss investing in small-scale farmers to eradicate hunger and poverty

IFAD to increase investment and presence in transforming food systems in East and Southern Africa

Zimbabwe and IFAD join forces to transform small-scale agriculture

COP26: New US$143 million investment to restore Great Green Wall ecosystems and increase climate resilience in the Sahel, announce IFAD and GCF

COP26: Sweden steps up to help at-risk small-scale farmers adapt to climate change, pledging millions to IFAD’s climate fund

Media briefing with Idris and Sabrina Elba on how we can feed ten billion humans without destroying the habitable planet

IFAD Goodwill Ambassadors Idris and Sabrina Elba attend COP26 to advocate for increased investments in climate adaptation and biodiversity protection

The French Development Agency and the International Fund for Agricultural Development join hands to promote food security and sustainable agriculture in the Republic of The Gambia

COP26: Pastoralists and rural entrepreneurs from Asia and Africa amongst speakers at IFAD Pavillion

At COP26, IFAD spotlights the impact of climate change on small-scale farmers with an innovative virtual visit to Bangladesh

Honduras and IFAD will work together to foster resilient small agriculture

Climate change adaptation programme can help an additional 10 million vulnerable people in Asia and Pacific says new IFAD report

IFAD goes to COP26 – Putting rural small-scale farmers at the centre of global climate negotiations

Putting rural small-scale farmers at the centre of global climate negotiations – IFAD interactive events during COP26

IFAD report predicts steep drop in African staple crops by 2050, prompting urgent call for adaptation funding at COP26

High-level UN delegation to visit farmers and review progress of rural development projects in Egypt

High-level UN delegation to visit Egypt next week

Ahead of global climate talks, public development banks join forces to boost investments in sustainable food systems

Invest in gender equality to reduce climate change impacts on world’s poorest, says IFAD President on the International Day of Rural Women

IFAD and Nepal mount post-COVID investment programme to build resilience of rural communities

If we lose biodiversity, we will not address climate change or hunger, warns IFAD report ahead of UN biodiversity conference

To transform our food systems we must reimagine how they are financed, says IFAD President

Small-scale farmers need decent wages - IFAD calls on world leaders to commit to action at Food Systems Summit

Global food systems must be disrupted and changed – new IFAD report recommends concrete actions for policymakers

African small-scale farmers use radio and mobile phones to send a message of optimism and caution to world leaders attending Food Systems Summit

Support for Syrian herders and farmers to safeguard livelihoods in the face of the COVID-19 crisis

Global climate leader appointed Associate Vice President at UN rural development agency IFAD

Agroecology can address food systems failures - new IFAD report

Protecting biodiversity is crucial to fighting hunger - IFAD calls for increased investments ahead of World Conservation Congress

The Government of Mali and Rome-based agencies launch a joint programme to build resilience among rural people

Building rural resilience through South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Results of the Third Call for Proposals under the China-IFAD SSTC Facility

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