Investing in rural economies can alleviate impact of high food prices on the world’s poorest people.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 22, 2025(Press Release )With high food prices affecting people around the world, especially in low-income countries, Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), highlighted the urgency of making strategic investments in agriculture
Marking International Day, Secretary-General Stresses ‘In Our World of Plenty, Poverty Should Have No Home’, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Achieve SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )“In our world of plenty, poverty should have no home. Yet, as we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, nearly 700 million people are barely scraping by, living on less than $2.15 per day” UN Secretary-General António Guterres .