Recent News
- Eighty-eighth session of the Evaluation Committee
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115th session of the Executive Board
New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:
EB 2015/115/R.13 - Philippines: Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment Project (CONVERGE)EB 2015 FFP3 (AC/EB) - Report on the status of contributions to the Ninth Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.15 - Report of the Chairperson on the 136th meeting of the Audit CommitteeEB 2015/115/R.2 - High-level preview of IFAD’s 2016 results-based programme of work and regular and capital budgets, and the preview of the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD’s results-based work programme and budget for 2016 and indicative plan for 2017-2018EB 2015/115/R.4 - Revision to the IFAD Evaluation Policy: Revised timeline for the Annual Report on the Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.18 - Report on the Tenth Replenishment of IFAD’s ResourcesEB 2015/115/R.5 - President’s Report on the Implementation Status of Evaluation Recommendations and Management Actions (PRISMA) (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.7 - Burundi: President’s memorandum: Agricultural Intensification and Value-Enhancing Support Project – Additional financing (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.11 - China: Qinghai Liupan Mountain Area Poverty Reduction Project (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.25 - Timeline to submit documents to Member State representatives on IFAD's Executive Board and its subsidiary bodiesEB 2015/115/R.29 - Report on IFAD’s investment portfolio for the first and second quarters of 2015EB 2015/115/R.26 - Memorandum of understanding between the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the European Investment BankEB 2015/115/R.28 - Cooperation agreement between the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Andean Development CorporationEB 2015/115/INF.1 - Arrangements for the 115th session of the Executive Board (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.16 - Report of the Chairperson on the 137th meeting of the Audit CommitteeEB 2015/115/R.10 - Afghanistan: Support to National Priority Programme IIEB 2015/115/R.6 - Burundi: Restructuring of Value Chain Development Programme (PRODEFI II)EB 2015/115/R.17 - Review of the adequacy of the General ReserveEB 2015/115/R.20 - Draft provisional agenda for the thirty-ninth session of the Governing CouncilEB 2015 FFP5 (EB) - Planned project activitiesEB 2015/115/R.9 - United Republic of Tanzania: Bagamoyo Sugar Infrastructure and Sustainable Community Development ProgrammeEB 2015/115/R.22 - Country visits of the IFAD Executive Board 2016-2018EB 2015/115/R.12 - Philippines: Fisheries, Coastal Resources and Livelihood Project (FishCORAL)EB 2015/115/R.24 - Progress report of the Working Group on GovernanceEB 2015/115/R.14 - Uzbekistan: Dairy Value Chains Development ProgrammeEB 2015/115/R.3 - Report of the Chairperson on the eighty-eighth session of the Evaluation Committee (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.21 - Report on the 2015 country visit of the IFAD Executive Board to the Kingdom of MoroccoEB 2015/115/R.8 - Madagascar: Project to Support Development in the Menabe and Melaky Regions - Phase II (AD2M-II)EB 2015 FFP2 (AC/EB) - Status report on arrears in principal, interest and service charge payments (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2015/115/R.19 - Principles of conduct for representatives on IFAD’s Executive BoardEB 2015/115/R.27 - Memorandum of understanding between the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and the donor communityEB 2015/115/R.23 - United Nations Rome-based agency collaboration: IFAD’s Perspective – Position Paper -
Briefing Session on Governance
SAVE THE DATE! Briefing session on governance for all accredited Representatives of IFAD’s Member States
Tuesday, 6 October 2015. Additional information is available here.
- Eighty-eighth session of the Evaluation Committee
- 114th session of the Executive Board
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AgTalks Fourth Session
AgTalks Session 4
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) invites you to the Fourth Session of AgTalks on 9 July 2015, from 9.30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Italian Conference Room, IFAD Headquarters, Rome, Italy. AgTalks presents the latest thinking, trends and research on policies and innovations in small-scale farming. A welcome coffee will begin at 9 a.m.
R.S.V.P. by e-mail to protocol@ifad.org by 8 July 2015
600 million smallholder farmers and herders raise nearly one billion head of livestock
Approximately 95 per cent of livestock keepers live in extreme poverty. This is an alarming figure, considering the increased demand for animal products such as milk and meat. While it is recognized that livestock keeping offers a promising opportunity to combat poverty in many developing countries, most livestock policies and services tend to favour large-scale production. To reverse this trend and take advantage of emerging market demands and reduce poverty, smallholder farmers and herders need access to basic services and technologies, such as veterinary care, good roads and grazing lands, and policies that respond to their needs.
Investing in big and small livestock
Livestock is a form of currency, and for many rural households animals represent a form of savings. Selling livestock head and manure means availing of quick cash in hard times. Income from livestock and the various byproducts such as milk, eggs, meat, wool, leather, honey allows rural families to put food on the table, improve their nutrition, send their children to school and buy medicine for themselves and for their animals.
The fourth session of AgTalks brings together livestock experts, who will share their perspectives and views on the critical importance of livestock to smallholder farmers.
Speakers
- Robyn Alders is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney and a Director at the KYEEMA Foundation. Alders was born and raised on a grazing property on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales in Australia. For over 20 years, she has worked closely as a veterinarian and researcher with smallholder farmers, especially village poultry farmers, in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. Throughout her work she has focused on infectious disease control (primarily Newcastle disease prevention) in animals in rural areas to enhance food security and alleviate poverty. Alders’ current research and development interests include food and nutrition security, One Health, gender equity and science communication. In January 2011, Alders was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for her distinguished contribution to veterinary science as a researcher and educator, and for promoting food security in developing countries through livestock management and disease-control programmes. In August 2014, she received the Crawford Fund Medal for continued contributions to international agricultural research and development.
- Appolinaire Djikeng is the Director of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa - International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub. A strong proponent of capacity-building in Africa, Djikeng’s focus is on building the next generation of African scientists and tapping on bioscience to address agricultural development and public health issues. Djikeng has led the domestication of ruminant species in Africa, including the grasscutter, to create sustainable sources of protein. He first joined the BecA-ILRI Hub in 2009 as Senior Scientist and Technology Manager. He led various teams devoted to the acquisition of high-end biosciences technologies and management of state-of-the-art laboratories; the provision of research-related services to scientists from across the region; and the implementation of integrated research and capacity-building activities. Prior to joining the BecA-ILRI Hub, Djikeng spent over 10 years at the Yale School of Medicine and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI, formerly The Institute for Genomic Research [TIGR]).
- Guillermo Vila Melo is an agronomist engineer, with extensive expertise in livestock production and territorial sustainable rural development in arid and semiarid regions. He has worked with indigenous communities to improve the efficiency of and add value to livestock production. Vila Melo has also worked with a number of multilateral, bilateral and United Nations agencies and has considerable experience working with the private sector, focusing on camelids. A founding member of the Association of Camelid of Argentina (ACA) and member of the Camelid Commission of the Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA), he was the CEO of Llamas Argentinas S.R.L. and Llamichos S.A.
- Emma Naluyima is a smallholder farmer in Uganda and a private veterinarian focusing on clinical medicine and herd health. She worked for the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Databank and was in charge of a Livestock Environmental Station in Entebbe. Naluyima has been engaged in improving the herd genetics through artificial insemination, and has served as the Chairperson of the Red Cross in Mbarara. She is the Vice Chairperson of the Green and Fresh Farmers Cooperative; Chairperson of the national multistakeholder pig value chain platform; and a 2015 Aspen New Voices Fellow. She is a farmer from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m., a mother and wife from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., and a veterinarian from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Social media and webcasting
Participants are encouraged to share their ideas, views and insights via social media channels using #agtalks.
The virtual audience may follow the proceedings and interact with the prominent guests on the social media channels listed below and via webcasting at http://webcasting.ifad.org/agtalks
• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ifadnews
• Blog: http://ifad-un.blogspot.com
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/IFADTV
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IFAD
• Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104946654582685330240/posts
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IFAD Vacancy Announcement:
Distinguished representatives,
This is to inform that the following executive vacancy announcement within IFAD is available online at www.ifad.org/job.
Please find below for ease of reference the hyperlink to the vacancy:
- Spanish Reviser/ Senior Translator; Office of the Secretary; grade P-4, Extended deadline: 28 June 2015!
We would appreciate if you could circulate this vacancy announcement and share it with interested candidates.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team: Ms Brigitte Melina, HR Business Partner, +39 06-5459-2424, email: b.melina@ifad.org
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Eighty-eighth session of the Evaluation Committee
New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:
EC 2015/88/W.P.4 - Impact evaluation of the Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh Tribal Development Programme in India (Arabic) -
Ad Hoc Working Group on Governance - second meeting
REMINDER - the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Governance will take place tomorrow, 17 June, from 2:30 to 5:30pm at IFAD headquarters.
All Member States are invited to attend.
Kindly confirm participation to MS-Liaison@ifad.org.
- 38th session of the Governing Council