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  • UN scheme aims to boost youth employment in Madagascar (17 Mar 2010 02:02)

    ... year after political violence rocked Madagascar, the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty is ... UN officials said here Tuesday. The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has reported that its 'Prosperer' project ... well as rising food insecurity, according to IFAD. Further compounding these problems is a growing ...

  • UN Scheme Aims to Give Youth Employment a Boost (17 Mar 2010 06:30)

    ... year after political violence rocked Madagascar, the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty is ... people while supporting small businesses. The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reported yesterday that its 'Prosperer' project ... into real small enterprises," said Benoit Thierry, IFAD's Country Programme Manager in Madagascar. The agency ...

  • Country's Land Reforms is Inspiring to Africa's New Land Reform Agenda - Visiting Expert [interview] (17 Mar 2010 10:14)

    ... in Brussels in a meeting convened by IFAD -an international agency. The main focus was ... do you know Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development (RISD)? RISD is a member of our ... Rome Italy. Rome is the Headquarters for UN system on land. That is why IFAD ...

  • Madagascar: UN scheme aims to give youth employment a boost (16 Mar 2010 21:51)

    ... year after political violence rocked Madagascar, the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty is ... people while supporting small businesses. The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development ( ) reported yesterday that its Prosperer ... well as rising food insecurity, according to IFAD. Further compounding these problems is a growing ...

  • IFAD funds fishery projects in Yemen (13 Mar 2010 13:10)

    ... The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has allocated a grant of $35 ... and the Yemen Portfolio Manager at the IFAD Omer Zafar last Wednesday in Sana'a. The ...

  • IFAD to finance fish resources management with $70 million (13 Mar 2010 14:31)

    ... The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said that it is to soon ... million USD. In a statement to the state-run 26Sep.net, IFAD representative in Yemen Fathia Bahran announced that ...

  • Aqrarkredit received 4 million manats from IFAD for financing north-western regions of Azerbaijan (16 Mar 2010 10:40)

    ... Aqrarkredit received 4 million manats from IFAD for financing north-western regions of Azerbaijan Baku, ... International Fund for Agricultural Developments (IFAD) Rural Development Project for the North-West in Azerbaijan. Aqrarkredit ...

  • Engineer Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori inaugurates the two-day Line Operation Safety Audit and Threat Error Management Conference (15 Mar 2010 11:10)

    ... shattered lives. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in ... Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- as well as other government, UN ...

  • African Leaders, Donors Endorse 'Ambitious' Agriculture Development Plan (15 Mar 2010 07:45)

    ... by developing agribusiness and agro-industries," reports. The event was organized by the AU, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDP), FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), according to the newspaper ...

  • Sidbi To Mop Up Rs 2,500 Crore Via Local Bonds, Foreign Loans (14 Mar 2010 09:01)

    ... Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) plans to raise ... with Rome-based International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for Rs 107 crore soft loan and ...

  • IFAD allocates $35 mln for fisheries projects in Yemen (10 Mar 2010 18:25)

    ... IFAD allocates $35 mln for fisheries projects in ... [10/March/2010] SANA'A, March 10 (Saba) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has allocated a grant of $ ...

  • IFAD to finance $70mln projects in Yemen (9 Mar 2010 16:53)

    ... IFAD to finance $70mln projects in Yemen [09/March/2010] ... Yemen [09/March/2010] SANA'A, March 09 (Saba) - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Tuesday that it is ... 70 million. In a statement to the state-run 26Sep.net, the IFAD representative in Yemen Fathia ...

  • Jonathan - Food Security Key to Vision 2020 (11 Mar 2010 13:10)

    ... organised by the African Union Commission, the Federal Government and five Development Partners, comprising United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Africa ...

  • House vote imminent on Rep. Maxine Waters' bill to cancel Haiti's debt (10 Mar 2010 04:36)

    ... to the IMF, $39 million to the World Bank and $58 million to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations. Congresswoman Waters has previously helped Haiti and other poor countries obtain debt relief and ...

  • Food shortages drive new foreign land grab in Africa (11 Mar 2010 17:54)

    ... an escarpment of the Rift Valley, the development is far from finished, but the plastic ... buccaneering New York investment firm Jarch Capital, run by a former commodities trader, Philip Heilberg, ... But Rodney Cooke, director at the UNs International Fund for Agricultural Development, sees potential benefits. I would avoid the ...

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