IFAD

Houngbo takes up the helm at a time when changing government priorities and the more immediate needs of humanitarian crises – like natural disasters, conflict and refugees

The establishment of a new network to help bridge the estimated US$150 billion financing gap that prevents small rural producers and businesses in developing countries from...

Three-quarters of the country’s terrain is mountainous, there is limited land and the majority of smallholder farmers are forced to depend on rainfall, as only a small porc...

"In all regions of the world, poverty and food insecurity are highest in rural areas, where three quarters of the extremely poor reside,” : Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of IFAD

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most costly region in the world to send remittances to, with an average cost of 9.5 per cent compared to a global average of 7.4 per cent.

The Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today approved a new country strategy for Colombia

Worldwide, 35 per cent of women have experienced either physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives—a figure that, in some countries, is as high as 70 per cent.

Indigenous Peoples and

Fotos: Jorge Agurto / Servindi

By Kanayo F. Nwanze*