"AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT"

Despite a massive 65 percent increase in migrants sending money home via mobile transfers in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of their rural family members struggle to access mobile banking services which could help lift them out of poverty. IFAD

In the highlands of Ethiopia, fifty young men are working hard to reverse the effects of climate change. They are rebuilding and protecting gullies. IFAD

Water is an “essential element of every aspect of development”, Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said during a large virtual celebration to mark World Water Day 2021. He called on all stakeholders to work together to safeguard water and widen access to this precious resource. FAO

Already up 20 per cent, acute hunger driven by conflict, instability risks increasing further due to climate change, COVID-19, Secretary-General warns Security Council.

Rural small-scale producers are amongst those disproportionately affected by the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions and should not be forgotten in the discussions about how to recover from this health and economic emergency. IFAD

Secretary-General warns States against locking themselves into harmful practices ‘for decades to come’, as he spells out 2021 priorities in General Assembly.

Secretary-General warns States against locking themselves into harmful practices ‘for decades to come’, as he spells out 2021 priorities in General Assembly.

Smartphone technology is helping rice farmers save their harvests in Vietnam, as the International Fund for Agricultural Development warned that without immediate action to help small-scale farmers adapt to climate change the hunger and migration will increase globally. IFAD

Taking Up Second Committee reports, General Assembly adopts 36 resolutions, including text calling for building back better in wake of pandemic.

Pope Francis has shown his support for the work of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in tackling hunger and poverty, with the Holy See making its first-ever contribution to the Fund. IFAD