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India, IFAD launch new programme to strengthen rural economyIndia has teamed up with the International Fund for Agricultural Development to introduce a transformative eight-year program, slated for 2...- UN hopes AI tech can aid the starving as funding collapsesAs tech leaders hail dizzying change and billion-dollar deals at a global artificial intelligence summit in India, their promises collide w...
- Major projects launched in Meghalaya with strong focus on tourism, sports infrastructure, women’s empowerment, digital inclusionUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated projects worth Rs 1,087.81 crore in Meghalaya, praising the state's effective utiliza...
- Investment of USD 75 bn needed for Indian farmers to adapt to climate change impact: IFAD PresidentIFAD President Alvaro Lario says India needs USD 75 billion for small farmers to adapt to climate change. He highlights the need to make ag...
- Election of new ILO chief wide openObservers say that former Togo prime minister Gilbert Houngbo appears to be in a strong position, with backing from most of the Africa and ...
- Agritech Challenge 2021 to benefit smallholder farmers across Asia and AfricaThe participants will get access to industry and market linkages, investors and mentorship to help them expand to their chosen internationa...
- China dominates UN by controlling several UN bodies: ReportChina heads four of the 15 principal agencies of the UN and has its deputies in nine other agencies, Mumbai-based Gateway House: Indian Cou...
- Number of undernourished people declines in India; obesity in adults on the rise: UNState of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, released on Monday, estimated that almost 690 million people globally were undern...
- Goal of doubling farmers' income 'impressive': IFADThe UN agency is aiming to mobilise USD 1.2 billion for 2019-21. It is also looking at broadening partnership for raising funds from capita...
- UN agricultural arm IFAD to grant $150 million to India in next 3 yearsGarcia said IFAD wants to make sure that benefits of its interventions in the rural areas remain once the projects are over to ensure susta...
- Government to link 585 agricultural markets electronically by next yearOn April 14, the government had launched the project on a pilot basis, beginning with 21 markets covering eight states.
- India's tough stand on WTO gets support from UN bodyIndia is asking for a change in the base year (1986-88) for calculating the food subsidies. It wants the change to a more current base year...
- India largest recipient of World Bank loans in 2009-10The World Bank, through its lending arms IBRD and IDA, committed USD 9.3 billion in financial assistance to India in the 2009-10 fiscal, mo...
- Andhra seeks aid from Intl Fund for Agriculture DevelopmentAndhra Pradesh government today sought Rs 1,161 crore financial assistance from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) t...
- Food crisis: Get priorities rightThe financial crisis through its many-sided impacts is adding to the number of people affected by chronic hunger.
- IFAD sanctions $30.17 mn loan to IndiaThe International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has sanctioned a loan of $30.17 million to India to empower rural women and redu...
- Gates gives one million dollars for poor farmers' insuranceBill Gates is to donate almost one million dollars to help poor farmers in developing countries get insurance against natural disasters.
- IFAD to boost employment prospects in RajasthanIFAD has sanctioned a loan of $30.3 million and a grant of $600,000 to boost agricultural production and employment prospects for some 95,0...
- Women in Meghalaya make micro credit banking a successTaking a cue from Nobel laureate Md Yunus of Bangladesh, women in Meghalaya have scripted a tale of success in the rural banking system bas...
- Agriculture: Production and growth monsoon '04As per the long-range forecast for the 2004 south-west monsoon rainfall issued by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in April and updat...
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