Malawi: Safe spaces nurture drought-affected women and girls.
Stories & Blogs OCHAApr 28, 2025(News )"I am happy I was able to return to school after giving birth," said Thokozani, 20, from Balaka district, southern Malawi.
Seeds of hope: Zambia’s fight against drought
Stories & Blogs OCHAJan 09, 2025(News )Zambia is enduring its worst drought in four decades, with devastating consequences for people across the country.
Displaced by floods: Confronting a crisis in Mali
Stories & Blogs OCHAAug 05, 2024(News )We couldn't take anything with us,” said Bekaye Djiré, standing on what remains of the home he shared with his brothers, sisters-in-law and their children. Everything they owned was destroyed following torrential rains in Mali’s Ségou Region.
Solutions to hunger exist. What we are lacking is finance
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 31, 2024(News )Hunger is not driven by a lack of food or an inability to grow it. Instead, it is primarily caused by conflict, climate change and economic fluctuations.
Major step in CAFI-Cameroon partnership: First $20 million project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 02, 2024(News )A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI) will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union (EU) regulations
Five things you need to know about El Niño-induced drought in Southern Africa
Stories & Blogs IFADJun 13, 2024(News )Urgent action is needed to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Southern Africa, many of whom are in the grip of the region’s worst drought in 100 years.
Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit: A Catalyst for Change in African Agriculture
Stories & Blogs IFADJun 04, 2024(News )The African continent loses a staggering US$4 billion worth of soil nutrients annually due to erosion. This loss affects over 485 million people and threatens food security.
Le Sénégal lance le Programme de gestion intégrée des risques climatiques à l'appui des petits exploitants agricoles.
Stories & Blogs IFADMay 17, 2024(News )En partenariat avec plusieurs organismes internationaux, dont le FIDA, le Gouvernement sénégalais a officiellement lancé le Programme de gestion intégrée des risques climatiques (AIRCM)
IFAD and partners to build resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts in seven Sahelian Countries
Stories & Blogs IFADMar 07, 2024(News )The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched the Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme (AICRM).
Call to innovators to join innovation challenge on AI for climate resilience in rural areas
Stories & Blogs IFADOct 05, 2023(News )Moonshots for Development (M4D), the alliance of innovation labs and venture arms of several multilateral development banks, launched the groundbreaking AI for Climate Resilience in Rural Areas Innovation Challenge