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Keynote address by IFAD President at the South-South Development Expo
Keynote address by IFAD President at the Agriculture and Rural Development Day
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Forthcoming events
15-16 December: Fourth session of the Consultation on the Ninth Replenishment of IFAD's resources
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Press releases
9 December: US$24.8 million IFAD loan and US$7 million grant to boost smallholder agriculture in Zambia
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2 December: UN rural development agency says climate change and food security challenges 'inextricably linked'
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Recent publications
Addressing climate change in
- West and Central Africa
- East and Southern Africa
- Asia and the Pacific
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Near East, North Africa and Europe
Putting young people first
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19 December: International Day for South-South Cooperation
The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation reminds us that we are a global community and that, wherever we live in the world, we must work in partnership towards economic growth and sustainable development.
South-South cooperation is an invaluable complement to North-South cooperation.
Countries at similar levels of development, and that share similar philosophies of development, are particularly well placed to help each other. And cooperative ventures have enormous benefits for emerging economies and developing economies alike.
Today, nearly one billion women, men and children go to bed hungry every night. Most live in the rural areas of developing countries.
Around 95 per cent of the people considered food insecure or poor live in South Asia or sub-Saharan Africa. Of these, two-thirds live in Asia.
At a time when the world’s population is growing, and the availability of new arable land is shrinking, ensuring food and nutrition security is our greatest development challenge.
Strategic Framework, 2011-2015
IFAD's unique mandate is improving rural food security and nutrition, and enabling
rural women and men to overcome poverty. In today's changing global context,
with new opportunities and challenges facing poor rural people, pursuing this
mandate calls for honing IFAD's strategies and instruments to achieve greater and
more sustainable impact.
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IFAD9 replenishment consultation
To assure continuity of IFAD’s operations, the Governing Council periodically reviews the adequacy of resources available to the Fund. Such review is conducted through the establishment of a Consultation on the Replenishment of IFAD's Resources.
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Farmers go back to school in Zanzibar
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