International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), specialized agency of the United Nations with headquarters in Rome, Italy. IFAD grew out of the 1974 World Food Conference; it was established in 1977 and is comprised of 165 member nations. The IFAD's mandate is to combat hunger and rural poverty in developing countries through agricultural projects that mainly attempt to improve productivity. These varied programs, which introduce new strategies and expand existing techniques, are aimed at such groups as small farmers, landless rural residents, nomadic pastoralists, small-scale fishermen, and poor rural women. As of 2001, IFAD had financed almost 600 projects in 115 countries, committing nearly $7.4 billion in grants and loans.
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U.N.'S INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND APPROVES $30 MILLION LOAN FOR 32 IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES
SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico; 11/7/1990; 102 words;
On Oct. 9, Mabel Saiz, spokesperson for the International Agricultural Development Fund, said the UN agency had approved a $30 million loan to finance a rural development project for impoverished communities in the states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Coahuila and San Luis Potosi. The ...
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The rural finance revolution.(roles of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development)
African Business; 12/1/1998; Moors de Giorgio, Emmanuelle; 1124 words;
... and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (lEAD) is ... to improve agricultural productivity ... of direct development assistance ... state-owned agricultural development banks and ... encompassing both agricultural and nonagricultural ... economic ...
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Development: fund of bright ideas. (International Fund for Agricultural Development) (Business)
The Economist (US); 2/11/1989; 384 words;
Development Fund of bright ideas ... true. But the International Fund for Agricultural Development - or IFAD, the ... Every time the fund asks them for ... money that the fund wanted, so its ... lending money. The fund is now lending ...
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US$25 MILLION LOAN BY U.N. INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD) FOR PUEBLA STATE PROJECT
SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico; 9/9/1992; 94 words;
On Sept. 3, the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced approval of a US$25 million loan earmarked for a rural development project in Puebla state. The program aims to raise ...
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St. Vincent & The Grenadines: The International Fund for Agricultural Development
Caribbean Update; 6/1/1992; 106 words;
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has granted a $2.2 million loan for a project that shifts the emphasis from the islands' heavy dependence on banana exports ...
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Path to self-sufficiency: international organisations such as the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) are increasingly looking at micro-finance schemes to promote development in rural regions of Eastern Africa. Dominque Magada reports on one such success story.(Madagascar)
African Business; 4/1/2007; Magada, Dominque; 1470 words;
... regions to boost development and begin exporting agricultural products ... of 2006, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) adopted ... micro-finance and micro-development projects will ... it onto the international market. Ifad ... finance and ...
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UN Secretary Annan calls for "green revolution" for Africa.(International Fund for Agricultural Development meeting)(Brief Article)
On The Plate; 2/15/2003; 290 words;
... before the International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome, Italy ... and that new agricultural techniques ... caused to the agricultural workforce ... called for more international cooperation ... globalization internationally, and liberalization ... technology ...
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Funds for arid zones run dry. (International Fund for Agricultural Development's Special Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa)
African Business; 3/1/1994; 451 words;
The Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) has warned that its ... those being sought by the International Convention on Drought & ... the momentum of regional development. But Africa stands to lose ...
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New broom at IFAD. (International Fund for Agricultural Development)
The Middle East; 5/1/1994; Lycett, Andrew; 813 words;
... not. The Fund was set up ... burden of development assistance ... buy basic agricultural implements ... willing to fund IFAD more ... Economic Development, before becoming ... Kuwait's International Financial ... enough to fund IFAD, now ... and will fund it generously ...
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Project loan aims at raising rural incomes. (Malawi; International Fund for Agricultural Development)
African Business; 3/1/1994; 472 words;
... Rome-based International Fund for Agricultrual Development (Ifad) on 28 ... the country's agricultural sector. Migration ... framework of an Agricultural Services Project ... lending arm, the International Development Association ... to raise the agricultural ...
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COMMISSION SIGNS CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT WITH IFAD.(European Union. European Commission)(International Fund for Agricultural Development)(Brief Article)
European Report; 10/2/2004; 204 words;
... of rural development and poverty ... Commission and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on ... partnerships for development are the key ... within the international community ... Millennium Development Goals. The ... funds for agricultural ...
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African technology saves the day. (International Fund for Agricultural Development promotes African farming technology)
African Business; 3/1/1995; Lycett, Andrew; 1329 words;
... future as an international centre of ... encouraging news that has ... programmes of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the ... IFAD. The Fund's other developed ... becoming an international knowledge ... IFAD. The fund has not been ... sustainable ...
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Help the poor to help themselves. (United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development)
The Economist (US); 11/28/1992; 343 words;
... says Idriss Jazairy, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, these 1 billion people are treated merely ... that commercial banks cannot manage, by agricultural extension services that are concerned with ...
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The last word.(United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development )
The Middle East; 2/1/2007; Darwish, Adel; 611 words;
... question. The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will ... Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund for the improvement ... peace and development go hand in ... you have development, and through the development provided by ...
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Armenia Fund, USA Poised to Raise $2 Million for Karabagh's Agricultural Infrastructure and Regional Development
Armenian Reporter, The; 3/5/2005; 928 words;
... Armenia Fund, USA, which ... Armenia Fund, USA and ... the local agricultural economy in ... people. The agricultural initiative ... overall Armenia Fund initiative ... regional development. The Regional Development Initiative ... quantities of agricultural products ... ripe for ...
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