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Recording of virtual presser and twitter chat wi...

Wednesday 23 May 2012, IFAD President Kanayo Nwanze did a virtual chat on what the G8 new alliance means for African countries. Check out the tweets http://storify.com/ifadnews/virtual-chat-with-ifad-president-on-g8-new-allianc

Interview with IFAD President on the eve of the ...

IFAD social reporting team met with IFAD President earlier in the afternoon as he was getting ready to leave for the G8 Summit in the United States. We asked the President what in his view has been the progress since l'Aquila G8 Summit and what is the one thing he would like world leaders to do differently.

System for rice intensification (SRI) on the mov...

Since its development in the 1980s, the system for rice intensification or SRI has been helping small holder farmers to greatly increase their yields and lift themselves out of poverty. This video shows how knowledge of the method is moving from Madagascar to Burundi via Rwanda through a network of IFAD supported farmer groups. And SRI is catching on. At last count 5 million farmers across the world have adopted the technique.

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Josefina Stubbs - Informe Latinoamericano sobre ...

Josefina Stubbs, Directora de la División de América Latina y el Caribe del FIDA examina las lecciones aprendidas del 'Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad 2011’. El informe busca incentivar la discusión de los aspectos claves que afectan a los territorios y regiones que presentan mayor dificultad para crecer con reducción de pobreza y desigualdad desde una perspectiva social y territorial. La análisis del informe –elaborado por Rimisp–Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo R...

Julio Berdegué - Informe Latinoamericano sobre P...

Julio Berdegué, Presidente del Rimisp–Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural presenta ‘El Informe Latinoamericano sobre Pobreza y Desigualdad 2011’. El informe busca incentivar la discusión de los aspectos claves que afectan a los territorios y regiones que presentan mayor dificultad para crecer con reducción de pobreza y desigualdad desde una perspectiva social y territorial. La análisis del informe –elaborado por Rimisp–Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, con el apoyo d...

flash interview with Dr. Trieu Van Hung, Ministr...

At the 6th Community-Based Adaptation Conference held in Hanoi, Vietnam in April 2012, Dr. Hung, Department of Science, Technology and Environment at MARD, joined IFAD's Roshan Cooke, Regional Climate and Environment Specialist for the Asia and pacific Region on the "Agriculture" panel, from 3:30-5:00 pm on Friday, 20 April. He made these comments after the panel discussion.

How comfortable are you at your desk?

Seminar and demonstration on ergonomics organized by IFAD Medical Services, HRD. Ergonomics is the science of designing the job to fit the worker, not forcing the worker's body to fit the job!

Workshop: Promoting decent and productive employ...

IFAD and ILO have reviewed different programmes related to rural youth, to develop elements of a framework of intervention for promoting decent and productive work for youth living in rural areas. This workshop presents the findings of this joint review, with emphasis on examples in Egypt, Madagascar, Nepal, Nicaragua and Senegal. IFAD and ILO recognize the need to increase decent and productive employment opportunities for youth in rural areas. Over 85% of the 1.2 billion young women and men ...

Corredor Puno-Cusco Perú – CLAR

En este video producido por el Proyecto Corredor Puno-Cusco en Perú, rescatamos las lecciones aprendidas en la institucionalización del Mecanismo CLAR para la asignación de fondos públicos mediante concursos en los gobiernos locales.