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Results-based Management & Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

Training workshop on results-based management & participatory monitoring and evaluation : documents are available for download

Promotion of the cassava chain in Burkina Faso: the case of the attiéké

Consultancy report prepared by The Agriculture Development Programme (Burkina Faso, April 2008)

Ouaga 2008: Innovation Award Winners

Ouaga Innovation Workshop-Fair: See Award Winners

Look through the SSII web pages (Overview and goals, Innovation definition and classification, Electronic survey, partners)

Regional Cassava Processing and Marketing Initiative (RCPMI)

The new RCPIM action plan is online on Fidafrique.net: it is including national and regional activities bringing together the IFAD “Roots and Tubers” projects from Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon. A first meeting of these projects is planned for November.

More information on the RCPIM web pageshttp://cassava.fidafrique.net

FIDAfrique III strategic reflection workshop

A strategic reflection workshop takes place in Dakar this week, to explore the exchanges and strengthen FIDAfrique III major proposals. 40 participants from projects, cooperating institutions, IFAD and other partners will draw guidelines for the next phase.

IFAD Strategy for Knowledge Management

IFAD knowledge management strategy was adopted during the last executive board (17 – 18 April 2007). Four components are presented in the document. Within the strengthening knowledge-sharing and learning processes component, there is special reference to Regional Networks. Full article

FOCUS: Yam production and storing technical guide

Practical information for field technicians. A publication from the National Roots and Tubers Development Programme (Cameroon) Read and download

Market Information Systems and Agricultural Commodity Exchanges

Strengthening Market Signals and Institutions, a CTA publication More information and link to the CTA virtual ressource center

Training of Fidafrique Focal Points

Fidafrique training workshop on web contents management, Accra, Ghana, 6 to 10 November 2006. Read

FIDAFRIQUE under supervision

Fidafrique will receive from 23 to 30 Septembre 2006 a IFAD supervision mission. Read

IFAD’s anticorruption policy

There is no room for fraud, corruption, collusion or coercive practices that divert resources elsewhere. Read.

Training Workshop on Socio-economic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) , Brazzavile, 31 July to 4 August 2006

The Division of Western and Central Africa of IFAD organizes from July 31 to August 4, 2006 in Brazzaville, Congo, a Training Wowrkshop on Socio-economic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA). More details.

The SCAP planning Workshop, Ouagadougou, May 23-25, 2006

IFAD (Western and Central Africa Division) is organizing in collaboration with the Government of Burkina Faso (Through PDRD a project planning workshop on Smallholder conservation agriculture Promotion (SCAP) in Western and Central Africa, to be held during 23-25 May, in Ouagadougou. The final project document (scheduled to be submitted to IFAD in June) will be shaped by workshop outcomes as well as the already-approved project concept note.

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Fidafrique launches its new Web site

FIDAFRIQUE has launched this 26th December 2005 its new Web site. Read

Methodological framework for capitalization and valorization of projects experiences (final version)

This 57-pages document is the final version of the Ouagadougou Workshop’s Working document (26th to 30th September 2005). It’s organized in tree parts presenting the step, the tools and the examples, and aims to provide to IFAD’s projects and programs in Western and Central Afrcia a conceptual and methodological framework for the capitalization and the valorization of their experiments.

Table of contents and full document to download

IFAD Rural Poverty Portal

IFAD had present version zero of the rural poverty portal (www.ruralpovertyportal.org) in Tunis during the Word Summit of Information Society. The portal is a web site where rural poor people, policy-makers, donors, research institutes, non-governmental organizations and other development partners can share information about eradicating poverty. The portal also provides space for discussion. On the rural portal you can:
browse information by topic, region or country
read about what works in rural development projects – and what doesn’t
listen to farmers, development practitioners and decision-makers as they explain the challenges of rural poverty eradication
join an electronic community committed to making rural poverty history.

If you wish to receive updates on new additions to the portal or to receive IFAD’s publications and newsletters, an online subscription form is available from the home page

Electronic Conference about Community Driven Development - CDD

This public mailing list is a preliminary electronic conference to an IFAD Regional Workshop about systematic approach to Community-Driven Development (CDD) as an effective vehicle to reducing rural poverty through increased empowerment, improved access to services and better incomes for the rural poor.
More about CDD electronic conference

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Fidafrique launches its new Web site

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