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El Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) publicó su último informe sobre la transformación de las zonas rurales, en el que renueva su compromiso de empoderar a los jóvenes en los países en desarrollo como agentes de cambio.

Casi la mitad de los trabajadores agrícolas del mundo son mujeres. Sin embargo, poseen menos tierras que los hombres y a menudo son de peor calidad.

In areas of Guatemala which are chronically affected by droughts, IFAD-supported irrigation schemes and practices make farmland four times more productive.

In this episode of Recipes for Change, Fiji's favorite chef, Lance Seeto, discovers how prolonged drought is threatening taro - Tonga's staple ingredient - when he joins a local farmer to cook Luu Ika (tuna with taro leaves).

Burundi's civil war may have ended more than two decades ago, but violence in the country continues. Many of its victims are women, whose rights under the law are often ignored. Now a unique legal aid programme is helping thousands of women like Maura Ntukamazina learn about the law and reclaim their rights.