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4 steps to boost private investment in rural development.

Stories & Blogs IFADJul 03, 2025(Explianer )

At a time of overlapping global crises, small-scale farmers in developing countries are key to building stability and prosperity that benefit everyone. But they can’t do it alone.

Greed is driving oceans toward collapse.

Stories & Blogs UNJun 10, 2025(Story )

The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the a

Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP.

Stories & Blogs UNJun 10, 2025(Story )

The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said.

At UN Ocean Conference, IFAD advocates to boost innovative finance for coastal communities to protect the world’s oceans.

Stories & Blogs IFADJun 09, 2025(News )

Governments, multilateral organizations and private sector actors must urgently scale-up innovative ways to drive finance to small-scale fishermen and coastal communities.

World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

Stories & Blogs UNApr 23, 2025(UN Story )

At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries.

COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’

Stories & Blogs United NationsNov 23, 2024(News )

Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku.

How a new Global Alliance aims to end hunger and poverty once and for all

Stories & Blogs IFADNov 15, 2024(Explainer )

Over the past decades, the world has seen incredible achievements in fighting hunger and poverty.

COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted.

Stories & Blogs United NationsNov 03, 2024(Story )

The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognizing people of Africa descent and Indigenous Peoples as ke

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