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Kanayo Nwanze, IFAD President: “Investing in agriculture is the best way to prevent famines” (virtual press conference)(Sept. 29, 2011) - Kanayo F. Nwanze, the President of the IFAD hosted a virtual press conference to discuss why he believes African can ensure its own food security, focussing particularly on West Africa. Please listen to the recordings of the (...)
- Global Youth Innovation Workshop-Fair (10-13 October 2011, Cotonou)IFAD (West and Central Africa Division and Latin America Division), in collaboration with Phelps Stokes, CTA, the Songhai Centre, Palmares (Brazil), ACUA (Colombia) and the Government of Benin, is organizing the Global Youth Innovation (...)
- New challenges, new opportunities: African agriculture in the 21st centuryPresentation of the Rural Poverty Report 2011 in Cape Town
IFADs flagship publication – Rural Poverty Report 2011 – New realities, new challenges: new opportunities for tomorrow’s generation – is a comprehensive review of the daily reality facing (...)
- U.S. $ 40 Billion Remittances by African Migrants to Help Reduce Poverty A new report released on 8th April, 2011 by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank reveals that $40 billion worth of remittances by African migrants in 2010 helped to reduce poverty in local (...)
- The Annual Joint Rural Finance Thematic Workshop The annual Joint Rural Finance Thematic workshop for the year 2011 will take place from 21-23 September 2011 in Lilongwe, Malawi
- IFAD signs agreement for US$90.6 million loan to Tanzania Rural financial services and markets to get a boost as IFAD signs a US$90.6 million loan with the United Republic of Tanzania to enhance access to rural financial services and markets and promote private-sector development in the (...)
Corporate-level evaluation on IFAD’s performance with regard to gender equality and women’s empowermentThe IFAD Office of Evaluation has just issued the first comprehensive corporate-level evaluation on IFAD’s performance in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
- IFAD: A New Regional Gender Specialist in WCAMs. Khadija Doucouré has joined IFAD as Regional Gender Specialist for the West and Central Africa Region, based in the IFAD Country Office in Dakar, Senegal.
- Global Consultation on Cassava as a Potential Bioenergy CropConference to be held on October 18-19, 2010 in Accra, Ghana. Sponsors: IFAD, UN Foundation, FAO, the Governments of Finland and Italy.
- Sharing Knowledge on small-scale irrigation Knowledge sharing in the development of small-scale irrigation for high value crops in Western Africa: a review of recent and ongoing experiences, 15th -17th of June 2010, Hotel SPLENDID, Ouagadougou, Burkina (...)
