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Small Indian hill state aims to improve agricultural livelihoods with UN loan. 1 February 2012 – India is receiving a loan of nearly $90 million from the United Nations to improve agricultural livelihoods in the small north-western state of Uttarakhand, one of the poorest areas in the country. IFAD will provide a US$89.9 million loan to […]
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Sri Lanka: UN agency funds irrigation improvement projects 31 January 2012 – The United Nations fund tasked with promoting rural development will provide a $22-million loan to Sri Lanka to finance the improvement of the South Asian country’s irrigation infrastructure and crop diversification, as well as projects to expand market opportunities for smallholder farmers. Farmers water […]
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UN rural poverty agency unveils billion-dollar funding target Member States of the United Nations’ rural development arm announced today that they will aim to raise $1.5 billion in new contributions to support the agency’s efforts to bolster the living conditions of rural poor across the developing world. With almost two billion rural people worldwide depending for their […]
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UN official underlines link between food security and climate change Playing a ball game at the IFAD booth at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa 2 December 2011 – Ensuring global food security while striving to save the Planet from damage are the greatest challenges of this century, a senior United Nations […]
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Risk management in rural areas: IFAD to issue a technical guide for weather index-based insurance Rome, 7 November 2011 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) will release a technical guide titled ‘Weather Index-based Insurance in Agricultural Development: A Technical Guide for practitioners to help manage weather risks. “Rural poor […]
Rural Mauritanians set to benefit from nearly $18 million in UN loans and grants 3 November 2011 The United Nations agency helping the rural poor announced today it is awarding almost $18 million in loans and grants to Mauritania to boost the incomes and living conditions of thousands of people in the arid country. IFAD […]
Agricultural cooperatives are key to reduce hunger and poverty Cooperatives offer opportunities that smallholders could not achieve individually 31 October 2011, Rome – Smallholder farmers gain big benefits from agricultural cooperatives including bargaining power and resource sharing that lead to food security and poverty reduction for millions, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International […]
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Who will feed the 7 billionth person? IFAD President says smallholder farmers can, with increased investment in rural areas … 27 October 2011 31 October 2011 is being marked as the day on which the global population reaches 7 billion. But it won’t stop there; the human population is expected to top 9 billion by 2050. […]
With high food prices set to continue, UN agencies issue call to action The United Nations agencies working to combat hunger today called for action to ensure long-term food security as a new report shows that high food prices are likely to continue and possible increase over the next decade. “The State of Food Insecurity […]
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World hunger report 2011: High, volatile prices set to continue 10-10-2011 Heads of Rome-based UN food agencies call for forceful action Food price volatility featuring high prices is likely to continue and possibly increase, making poor farmers, consumers and countries more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity, the United Nations’ three Rome-based agencies said in […]
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