The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development will help millions of small farmers weather the devastation wrought by climate change and to produce more thanks to a 300 million euro loan from France agreed on Thursday, IFAD said in a statement.
The International Fund for Development has become the first UN fund to receive a credit rating, providing a boost to the world’s poorest people, IFAD announced Friday.
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development will invest US$59.9 million to boost small-scale rice and onion production in Cameroon, improving the livelihoods of 32,000 poor rural households, IFAD said in a statement.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development, Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) are teaming up on a five-year research-in-development project, Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asian Landscapes (SFITAL) to explore environmentally sustainable ways to link small-scale producers to global supply chains, IFAD said Thursday in a statement.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations on Monday announced a new €172.1 million project that will boost support for around 210,000 poor rural households in Niger that are vulnerable to climate shocks and hunger.
Peru's government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development signed a financing accord on Thursday for a new project to help family farmers increase their competitiveness and resilience, and to recover from the impact COVID-19 pandemic, IFAD said in a statement.
