Tag: International Fund for Agricultural Development
Feeding Africa Calls for Increased Investments and Expanded Partnerships
By Irene Gaitirira Published April 23, 2021 Despite positive and ongoing gains in economic development in many African countries, hunger is on the rise, impacting some 246 million people. The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the cracks in the continent’s food systems, already under strain from climate change, conflict and pests. African Development…
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 eradicating poverty and hunger will…
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Help 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 weather patterns, with such low…
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United Nations Focuses on Averting COVID-19 Food Crisis
By Irene Gaitirira Published December 17, 2020 While one in ten people is expected to go hungry as extreme poverty rises for the first time in 20 years, United Nations estimates that an additional 132 million people shall go hungry in 2020 due to the impact of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. To help in alleviating the…
Read MoreMobile Phones to Help Small-Scale Farmers Increase Production During COVID-19 Economic Slowdown
By Abdi Ali Published December 10, 2020 Some 1.7 million small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan will soon receive personalised agricultural advice through their mobile phones as a means to improve their incomes, food security and resilience to economic shocks caused by COVID-19. RELATED:Higher Education Conference Calls for Pan-African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework…
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Benevolence and Humanitarian Aid Not Enough in Tackling Hunger
By Irene Gaitirira Published August 4, 2020 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to add 83 million – 132 million people on the list of the hungry by the end of 2020. “It is not enough to respond with humanitarian assistance alone. We have to build crisis-resilient supply chains, otherwise people will keep…
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