hunger

“We have to see to it that each person, each community can utilize their own capacities to live a full life with dignity,” Pope Francis said

Of the world’s hungriest people, 243 million reside in Africa. Throughout the region, food insecurity has been exacerbated by violent conflicts and climate-related shocks

About 80 percent of the world's poorest and undernourished people live in rural areas. Most depend on smallholder agriculture for their lives and livelihoods.

In the Somali region of Ethiopia, rains have failed for the third consecutive year. The death of many livestock has caused a breakdown in pastoral livelihoods, contributing...

Gilbert F. Houngbo, president of IFAD: "The Framework commits IFAD to working in ways that are bigger, better and smarter to maximize our impact on the lives of rural people"