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The Independent Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Kenya are holding a one-day workshop to present the results of an independent evaluation of IFAD's country strategy and programme in Kenya.

In his first visit to Zimbabwe since taking office as President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F. Houngbo will meet President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and other government officials to discuss investments to improve food and nutrition security, provide employment opportunities for rural youth, and reduce poverty.

Donal Brown, IFAD Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department, will meet with government officials during a four-day visit to Egypt that is centred on IFAD investments to galvanize rural development and transform marginalized areas.

Le 14 février 2019, dans un contexte d'aggravation de la faim dans le monde, le pape François participera, avec des dirigeants du monde entier, à la cérémonie d'ouverture de la quarante-deuxième session du Conseil des gouverneurs du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA), organisme des Nations Unies.

A six-day side event series at COP24, identifying actions to transform global food systems to deliver on food security, adaptation to climate change, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.

Cornelia Richter, Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), begins a four-day visit to Bolivia today to meet with government officials and development partners to discuss ways to strengthen alliances and have a greater impact on the lives of rural poor people in the country.

Les projets de développement financés par le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) ont contribué à accroître la productivité agricole et la sécurité alimentaire au Burkina Faso, selon les résultats d'une évaluation indépendante présentés aujourd'hui.

Un nouveau projet ciblant 57 000 ménages de petits exploitants agricoles les plus vulnérables du Burkina Faso sera lancé le 23 novembre à Ouagadougou. Il contribuera à améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et les revenus dans les régions de la Boucle du Mouhoun, des Cascades et des Hauts Bassins.

Agencias de las Naciones Unidas con sede en Roma presentaron durante la Semana de la Alimentación y la Agricultura, en Buenos Aires, un informe de su trabajo conjunto

Dans le cadre du projet FARM, des installations locales appelées Centres de connaissances sont en cours de création au niveau local dans plusieurs villages du Myanmar.

Le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) a publié son dernier rapport sur la transformation des zones rurales, renouvelant son engagement à autonomiser les jeunes des pays en développement pour qu’ils deviennent des agents du changement.

Almost half the world's agricultural workers are women, yet they own less land than men. Farmer Awa Jagne speaks about how access to land has changed her life.

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.

Vietnam is the world's second largest exporter of rice and 60 percent of it is grown in the Mekong Delta. But now farmers in at least two provinces say the future of rice production is threatened because of rising sea levels and temperature increases attributed to climate change.

On Bolivia's high Andean plain, 4,500 metres above sea level, alpacas and llamas are becoming big business for poor ranchers.

Weather patterns are becoming more unpredictable in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. Farmers say the rainy season that once began regularly in June is often delayed and when the rain finally does come the sudden force and volume of water can cause flooding and destroy crops.

In The Gambia, women often farm on degraded, unproductive land. The more fertile land is usually reserved for men. But things are changing.

Like thousands of poor farmers living on the slopes of East Mount Kenya, Christine Mugure Munene used to depend on seasonal rains to water her crops. Now she has water whenever she wants.