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Stepping up rural finance to support smallholder farmers in Zambia
Catching up with Recipes for Change Chef Lance Seeto
Interview with Recipes for Change Chef Bela Gil
“I joined this project because I believe food can really change the world.”
Never let a good crisis go to waste
The difference four years makes: A small Ecuadorean town goes from subsistence to prosperity with IFAD’s support
Four years ago, the residents of Chiquicha were just gathering the first fruits of an irrigation project.
Coming back home: The road ahead for migrant returnees in Nepal
Migrants are essential workers; they contribute to the economy of the places they go and, through remittances, to their communities back home.
African migrants’ family remittances put to the test
Regional SOFI 2019: Sustainable food systems for healthy diets in the Near East and North Africa
COVID-19: The decline of global remittances puts rural families at risk
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the loss of millions of jobs in the developed and developing world.
From Meghalaya to Jharkhand, how India is ensuring agri supply chains are not disrupted
Maintaining critical extension services for smallholders during COVID-19
Agricultural extension services play a fundamental role in building producers’ capacities to maintain good agricultural practices.
Restoring nature and livelihoods: Experiences in Zambia
Why do wet markets matter?
Since the COVID-19 virus outbreak, much information and misinformation has been circulated about wet markets and an international rallying cry has been made for wet markets to be better regulated or even closed down.
Building up family farmers’ resilience through nature-based solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Resilience has become the talk of the town in the development community.
Leveraging artificial intelligence: Harnessing big data to improve decision-making
The impact of COVID-19 on smallholders in China
What’s needed to protect food security in Africa during COVID-19
Protecting health and protecting livelihoods: a delicate balance in the era of COVID-19
Long-term development supports quick action in a crisis: an update from Asia and the Pacific
The potential impact of COVID-19 on China’s food security: Prospects for food imports
Last week, the China Grain Reserve Group announced its intention to purchase 22 million tonnes of imported grain during 2020. Should China worry about food security?
On the International Day for Biological Diversity, commitment to sustainable agriculture is more important than ever
Five ways organizations can help countries build agile and inclusive responses to COVID-19
How can we enhance local capacity to respond to this emergency in an agile and inclusive manner?
COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor
Tracking the implementation and impact of the Uganda Yield Fund: A groundbreaking M&E system for a groundbreaking fund
When they came home: Migration and responses to COVID-19 in India
Small-scale farmers can help build resilient food systems in a post–COVID-19 world
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 820 million people were living in hunger. Tens of millions more will join them if we do not take the right actions, and quickly.
How do shocks affect project impacts?
An Asia-Pacific crisis like never before
As Earth Day adopts a climate action theme, let’s not forget about smallholder farmers
Recovery, reactivation and resilience: Confronting COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Collaborating in a time of crisis: Three early takeaways from the COVID-19 response in India
The tremendous progress in reducing poverty made by India over the past 25 years could now be reversed because of the unprecedented emergency facing all of us – the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supporting Cambodian farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cambodia has made remarkable progress and achieved lower-middle-income status - but the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to strain the entire economy.
IFAD helps shape Bangladesh’s response to the coronavirus crisis in rural areas
An IFAD team in Bangladesh provided a proposal to the Government for a certified safe transport and logistics system for movement of inputs and produce in rural areas.
COVID-19: An opportunity for the road not taken?
Re-imagining our economic choices
Driving AgriTech adoption: Insights from Southeast Asia’s farmers
Shaping a holistic response to COVID-19: Protecting food systems and rural producers
Don’t allow the coronavirus to open up another front
Changing lives in times of uncertainty: how innovative agriculture builds resilience
Serving the rural poor in the time of physical distancing: Staying safe, well – and connected
What we can do to support farmers on the front lines of climate change
Rethinking government support to farmers
It is becoming increasingly clear that the ways in which we produce, market and consume food need to be reconciled with environmental, economic and social sustainability.
Handle with care: Vulnerability, the human face of state fragility
Fighting against COVID-19: the importance of building long-term resilience in rural communities
To move the needle on ending extreme poverty, focus on rural areas
CGIAR announces agritech blog post contest winners
The importance of agrarian development in India
Interview with Recipes for Change Chef Robert Oliver
I have always loved food - how it brings people together, the smells and flavours of new cultures. I guess I associate food most with gathering, communion.
IFAD awarded for advancing practice in knowledge and organizational learning
The Henley Forum has recognized IFAD with an award for Advancing Knowledge & Organizational Learning Practice during its 20th annual conference.
Talking about climate risk insurance with women in Ethiopia: How to improve value, access, and delivery
One size doesn’t fit all: How to design a user-friendly climate insurance
Interview with Recipes for Change Chef Pierre Thiam
What does it mean to be “smart” on planet Earth?
Interview with Recipes for Change Chef Lance Seeto
Enabling farming families to fight climate change: the key to survival
The advantage of investing in sustainable fisheries, aquaculture and coastal communities
Mobile money: A product of choice for women to send and receive remittances
China’s remaining challenges in reducing poverty
Next year China is hoping to announce that they have eradicated extreme poverty - but what are the challenges that China would need to deal with after 2020?
Meeting the challenge of SDG2: The moment for action
We are just over 10 years out from the deadline to the meet the SDGs, but the goals will require a step change in the quantity and quality of financing made available.
More than 100 million young adults are still living in extreme poverty
Strengthening the resilience of small-scale farmers is critical to reversing the rise in hunger and ending poverty
Pathways for rural youth to financial inclusion
The disarming case to act right now on climate change
Last Friday was the global climate strike day. I have found myself wondering how we have arrived to this point.
The power of renewable energy
Climate change is a youth issue
PARM and the G20 commitment on building resilience to agricultural risks
Following the spikes in global food prices in the years 2006, 2008, and 2011, agricultural risk management has become an important topic in G20 discussions.
What helps value chain projects work best for rural producers?
Migration, agriculture and food systems – Understanding links to achieve better outcomes
Enhancing policy dialogue on climate finance in Africa
Smallholder farmers play a vital role in food security, nutrition and economic growth in Africa, but their livelihoods are already threatened by climate change.
Measuring youth participation in agriculture in Tanzania and Malawi
In our recent IFAD Research Series study we looked at the dynamics of employment in agriculture in Tanzania and Malawi.