Africa needs US$86 billion for climate Adaptation
Africa needs an estimated US$86.5 billion for climate change adaptation by 2030 as part of the continent’s special needs and circumstances needed to patch...
Germany commits EUR15m to pay poor rural people in preserving ecosystems
Germany on Tuesday pledged to contribute to the project by providing an additional EUR15 million to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD)...
Climate change is the biggest global threat, young people in Africa and Europe tell...
The “Securing our Future” report released today at COP27, spoke to 100 young people from Africa and Europe about what they see as the greatest...
Zambia drives US$100 bln climate change campaign at COP 27
Zambia’s impending climate change crisis was climaxed at the ongoing COP 27 conference in Egypt when it amplified the call for developed countries to...
World Bank transforms farmers into entrepreneurs
A World Bank-supported project is helping smallholder farmers in Lesotho diversify their crops, and expand markets as climate change, extreme weather, and global economic...
Small-scale farmers are vital to feeding West and Central Africa and transforming food systems
Amid increasing global hunger and poverty, devastating climate change impacts, the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread effects of the war in Ukraine, small-scale producers...
European Investment Bank confirms EUR 500 million loan to IFAD to invest in global food security
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed their first financial agreement today. The EIB will...
Community-driven decentralization and reconciliation in Palestine
By Yossef Ben-Meir Marrakech, MoroccoA decentralized governance administration, whose procedures and functioning are defined from implementing a wide range of local development projects across...
Zimbabwe to host its first rabbit meat expo
Zimbabwe will next week host its inaugural rabbit meat expo in Bulawayo as the demand for the small mammals’ meat is rising in the...
The UN’s Agricultural Development Fund finds that its investments in small-scale farming are net...
New research shows that investments in small-scale farmers and poor rural populations in developing countries over 20 years by the International Fund for Agricultural...