Tag: Gilbert F Houngbo
Lack of Digital Infrastructure Locks Millions of People in Poverty
By Abdi Ali Published June 23, 2021 Though mobile remittances increased by 65 per cent in 2020, rising to US$12.7 billion, millions of rural people struggle to access the mobile banking services which could help lift them out of poverty. Gilbert F Houngbo, President of UN’s International Fund for Agricultural…
Read MoreInternational Cooperation Crucial in Tackling Hunger and Poverty
By Irene Gaitirira Published February 27, 2021 Fighting growing global hunger and poverty needs to be addressed through global partnerships and greater long-term investments in the people who grow food. The annual Governing Council meeting of the Rome (Italy)-based United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has stressed that…
Read MoreHelp Small-Scale Farmers Adapt to Climate Change to Avoid Increased Hunger and Migration
By Abdi Ali Published February 14, 2021 Widespread hunger and global instability is inevitable unless strategies to help small-scale farmers adapt to climate change are put in place and implemented. “It is unacceptable that small-scale farmers who grow much of the world’s food are left at the mercy of unpredictable…
Read MoreAgri-Business Capital Fund for Rural SMEs Set Up
By Abdi Ali Published May 2, 2020 A United Nations agency says it has set up a blended capital impact fund to help small-scale farmers and micro-, small and medium size rural enterprises in developing countries create jobs and increase incomes. RELATED: Cross-Border Campaign Needed to Combat Locust Upsurge in…
Read MoreProject 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…
Read MoreFilm 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…
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