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Kenya, Ghana, Senegal and The Gambia share experiences on reducing rural poverty through South-South Cooperation
Last December 2017, Kenya hosted a regional workshop to share successful experiences on poverty reduction. The event brought together for the first time the three African Knowledge Exchange Platforms, and their representatives from Kenya, Ghana and...
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Meeting the food and water needs of the growing world population over the next half-century will require the use of renewable technologies that significantly improve rural livelihood at minimal environment cost. Among these technologies, solar-power has great potential for rural development through improving access to electricity and water, and can...
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JOINT FAO-IFAD-WFP PRESS RELEASE
7 March 2018, Rome - The role of information communications technologies in supporting rural women's economic empowerment, voice and status, will be the focus of discussions at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 8 March, International Women's Day.
IFAD, together with United Nations Food and Agriculture...
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27 de febrero de 2018, Roma - El Fondo Verde para el Clima (FVC) ha aprobado un proyecto de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático por valor de 90 millones de dólares EEUU, desarrollado conjuntamente por la FAO y el Gobierno de Paraguay.
La decisión, la primera relacionada con una propuesta de financiación de...
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Sanihan lives in Baramadougou village, north of Ségou in Mali, with 13 members of her family. A few weeks before the harvest when their food supply is almost exhausted, she explains: “My husband is working in the field and it‘s up to us, women, to look for money to nourish our...