Category: Agriculture
Project to Help Ethiopians Adapt to Climate Change Set Up
By Irene Gaitirira Published December 15, 2019 Ethiopians who depend on rain-fed agriculture and pastoralism are set to benefit from a new US$451 million project to increase their resilience to floods, drought and desertification caused by climate change. Ethiopia and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations have signed a US$451 million…
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Film Featuring World-Renowned Poet Pays Tribute to Farming Rural Women
By Khalifa Hemed Published October 16, 2019 A short film aimed at raising awareness of the power of rural women in helping fight global hunger has been launched. This Is How We Rise, the short film launched on the International Day of Rural Women by United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), features world…
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Africa Development-Focused Meeting toTackle Food Security and Poverty Reduction
By Abdi Ali Published August 27, 2019 A meeting that focuses on the development of Africa is expected to tackle issues related to food security and poverty reduction on the continent. RELATED: CREATING ATTRACTIVE JOBS FOR RURAL YOUTH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO AFRICA’S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),…
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Migrant Worker Remittances Surpass Development Assistance and Foreign Direct Investment
By Abdi Ali Published July 15, 2019 Remittances from international migrant workers are expected to rise to an estimated US$550 billion in 2019, up from US$529 billion in 2018. RELATED: Uganda to Modernise Its Revenue Collection with Chinese Grant Gilbert F Houngbo, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), says the money sent home by…
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Why Investing in Water-Based Resources Makes Socio-Economic Sense
By Khalifa Hemed Published May 30, 2019 Policymakers and investors can no longer ignore the ocean-linked economy from which more than 800 million people worldwide derive their livelihood. As important as it may be, challenges such as marine pollution, rising sea levels and destruction of aquatic ecosystems are seton destroying the blue economy whose global…
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Fund to Create Jobs for Rural Youth Launched
By Abdi Ali Published February 17, 2018 A fund to help rural entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector access finance to grow their businesses and create jobs for rural people has been launched. The aim of the fund, known as Agri-Business Capital (ABC), is to generate private sector investment in rural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),…
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