#IFAD to invest to integrate #smallholder goat breeders into value chains in #Argentina http://bit.ly/2pA8kJq

Omolara, 47 processes fish in her farm in Ikorodu, Lagos #Nigeria. The Rural Finance Institution-Building Programme supported the development of target-group organizations into rural finance institutions that improve poor rural people's access to low-cost credit(RUFIN).

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Making the most of Africa’s rural youth. A youthful population can offer a nation a creative, energetic and entrepreneurial workforce,” said Houngbo in a statement delivered to the three-day event in Washington DC. “However, when young people are not able to find jobs and earn decent wages where they live, they are also more likely to migrate to urban centres or abroad in pursuit of work and better standards of living than their parents.”

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It's time for our Friday #Quiz! Can you identify what is being grown in this photograph?

For last week's Facebook #QUIZ we asked you to identify what's in the photo. The answer is #Cassava. Cassava is one of the most important food crops in the world. Approximately 600 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America depend on cassava for food and income. #IFAD has made efforts to increase the focus of its cassava initiatives to determine the best ways to link supply and demand and strengthen the integration of participants within the cassava market. #IFAD has invested a total of US$ 110.0 million in cassava value chains in Western and Central Africa.

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(EN)JEUX CLIMATIQUES A MADAGASCAR
Par Marie-Clarisse Chanoine Dusingize Le lancement des activités financées par le Programme d’adaptation de l’agriculture paysanne (ASAP en anglais) a été eu lieu le 14 et 15 mars 2017 à Morondava, à Madagascar. Ce don s'insère dans la phase II du Projet d’...

Women cut patterns to make traditional clothing at the women's center in Tuvshruulekh Soum, Mongolia. The #IFAD funded Rural Poverty Reduction Programme aimed to increase cash income and help farmers increase production in a sustainable manner by offering access to economic and social resources such as basic financial services, education and health care. The programme mainly targeted single women with young children who live in rural centres, where they makeup 15% of the population.

©IFAD/Susan Beccio

An artisan makes ceramics at the Qichua Indigenous artisan's shop in Puyo, #Ecuador. The #IFAD funded Central Corridor Development Project promoted the economic integration of urban and rural areas in the central north of the country.

IFAD/Carla Francescutti

Jahan Pari cooks flat bread on a grill, over an open fire in #Iran. This photo is from the #IFAD and Obiettivo sul mondo extra-ordinary food photo exhibit, which focused on indigenous people and their food system, culture and tradition.

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