| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.08.2026 | Здоровый рацион недоступен каждому третьему жителю планет | Здоровый рацион недоступен каждому третьему жителю планет Почему здоровое питание обходится дороже простого набора калорий
В 2025 году расчетная минимальная стоимость здорового рациона достигла 4,28 международного доллара по паритету покупа... |
| 21.07.2026 | Conflicts and energy shocks threaten progress against global hunger, UN agency head warns | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By GIADA ZAMPANO and PAOLO SANTALUCIA
ROME (AP) — Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs, the h... |
| 08.06.2026 | 2026 'Sci-Tech Empowering Rural Transformation' events cover climate resilience and green transition | BEIJING, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on 2026 'Sci-Tech Empowering Rural Transformation' events held in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province.
Some of the people who attended the Sci-Tech Empowering Rura... |
| 28.04.2026 | Gambia: Roots Project Assesses Impact of Climate-Smart Agriculture in West Coast | The Global Environment Facility under the ROOTS Project recently concluded a five-day monitoring assessment tour of project sites within the West Coast Region.
The day's tour reviewed some of the progress made in their climate-smart agricul... |
| 22.02.2026 | 88 Nations & Organisations Sign The New Delhi Declaration On AI | SUMMARY
Rallying behind the declaration were nations like the US, Russia, China, South Korea and the UK. The EU and the IFAD also signed the charter
The charter urges the signees to democratise AI resources, build secure and trusted AI syst... |
| 24.11.2025 | Terra Madre Asia & Pacific 2025 strengthens communities and advocates for sustainable food systems | BACOLOD CITY, Philippines, Nov. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Terra Madre Asia & Pacific 2025 marked a historic milestone for the Slow Food movement, demonstrating the power of community-led initiatives and the political impact of grassroots... |
| 13.08.2025 | Visa Releases Money Travels 2025 Remittances Report for Asia Pacific | Latest report shows user experience driving digital migration
SINGAPORE, Aug. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, a world leader in digital payments, today announced results from its annual Money Travels: 2025 Digital Remittances Adoption Report... |
| 26.05.2025 | International Dialogue: Tech Innovation Brings Women New Opportunities and Boosts Their Economic Independence | BEIJING, May 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news from China.org.cn on Sci-Tech Empowering Rural Transformation: 2025 HER Power, HER Stories Dialogue events held in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, ... |
| 25.11.2024 | 2024 Report on Sci-Tech Empowering Rural Transformation released | BEIJING, Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A video presented by China.org.cn on the release of a report, highlighting women's innovation and entrepreneurship in boosting rural transformation with science and technology.
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| 19.11.2024 | COP29 Digest, Vol 3: Everything You Need to Know in Food and Climate News Today | 4 Mins Read Welcome to Volume 3 of Green Queen’s #COP29 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’.
Catch up: VOLUME 1 – VOLUME 2... |
| 19.10.2024 | The Resilience of Rural Transformation: Lessons from Hebei and the Global South | In the heart of Hebei Province, a remarkable transformation unfolds. Quzhou County, once a barren land plagued by salinization, now stands as a beacon of hope. This metamorphosis is not just a local story; it echoes across continents, inspi... |
| 18.10.2024 | Transforming Rural Livelihoods in Hebei's Barren Land: From China's Experience to South-South Cooperation | BEIJING, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --nA video story presented by China.org.cn on Quzhou County's journey from barren to fertile land bearing witness to the resilience of humanity and the power of international cooperation.
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| 09.10.2024 | IFAD and IICA discuss joint efforts and strengthening resilience of rural communities | Agricultural and rural development cooperation in the Americas – Opportunities for IFAD and IICA roundtable.
Organization heads Manuel Otero and Álvaro Lario convene in Rome with Latin American and Caribbean ambassadors
IICA’s technical coo... |
| 04.10.2024 | The Rockefeller Foundation's Bold Climate Initiatives: A Dual Approach to Global Challenges | In a world grappling with climate change and food insecurity, the Rockefeller Foundation is stepping up to the plate. With two significant announcements made on October 4, 2024, the foundation is not just reacting to crises; it is actively ... |
| 04.10.2024 | Rockefeller Foundation Joins G20 Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty to Advance Climate-Resilient School Meals | ROME, Oct. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation became the first philanthropy to join the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty (Global Alliance) at an event today with its President Rajiv Shah, the Brazilian Ambassador t... |
| 18.09.2024 | Smallholder farmer adoption of agtech ‘high but inconsistent,’ says new study from 60 Decibels w/ Gates Foundation | Impact measurement organization 60 Decibels has released what it says is the first-ever study of smallholder farmers’ experiences with digital tools and services for agriculture.
The study, entitled ‘Digital Farmer Services in Kenya: The Fa... |
| 12.09.2024 | OPEC Fund approves close to US$1.2 billion new development funding | VIENNA, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is significantly stepping up its development support with nearly US$1.2 billion in new funding since June. The latest projects approved by th... |
| 12.09.2024 | OPEC Fund approves close to US$1.2 billion new development funding | VIENNA, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is significantly stepping up its development support with nearly US$1.2 billion in new funding since June. The latest projects approved by th... |
| 27.06.2024 | OPEC Fund Development Forum advances collaboration and solutions for global development challenges | VIENNA, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The third OPEC Fund Development Forum, a global South-South cooperation event, concluded with firm commitments, new project signings and partnership agreements in Vienna today. Partners vowed to tackle ... |
| 23.06.2024 | In Zambia, I saw rural resilience first-hand | Zambia has been hit hard by extreme weather events in recent years. Drought is impacting food security and rural livelihoods so severely that the government has declared it a national emergency.
But the country is making important progress ... |
| 23.06.2024 | 14 reasons why remittances are important | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Every year on 16 June, the global community observes the International Day of Family Remittances. This day raises awareness of the hard work of millions of migrants who support their families and communitie... |
| 22.06.2024 | Morocco's rural women venture forth with vinegar | In the mountains of central Morocco, apple farming is a way of life. But post-harvest losses and food wastage have brought economic troubles to rural communities.
Twenty-four-year-old Mouna Idrissi and the all-woman cooperative she leads ar... |
| 04.06.2024 | Restoring ecosystems from the ground up | Food systems are crumbling due to climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction.
Dwindling water sources and severe droughts are degrading soils, resulting in almost one quarter of the earth’s land being less productive.
But i... |
| 27.05.2024 | How diverse crops create a safety net for Solomon Islanders | The Solomon Islands are made up of about 1,000 islands spread over a vast expanse of the western Pacific Ocean. Like other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the country is particularly vulnerable to external shocks and environmental cr... |
| 03.05.2024 | After Cyclone Freddy, investment brings hope to rural Malawi | Cyclone Freddy, the strongest and longest-lived tropical cyclone ever recorded, bore down on southern Africa in March 2023.
Nowhere was hit harder than Malawi, where over 1,200 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands more were dis... |
| 29.04.2024 | COVID-19 response | COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the most recently discovered coronavirus. The outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, has rapidly spread across the world, profoundly disrupting fundamental activities we a... |
| 18.04.2024 | 4 ways IFAD is using AI to transform rural development | As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies become exponentially more capable, they can contribute to solving some of the most pressing challenges, from climate change to food insecurity.
But with this opportunity comes risk. If misused, A... |
| 15.04.2024 | Without gender equity there will be no sustainable development, declares IFAD at launch of the Inter American Decade for the Rights of Rural Women | Brazil, 9 April 2024.- Today, the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Land Conservation Organization (OCT) – a prestigious Brazilian non-governmental organization working in southern Bahia state – ... |
| 15.03.2024 | African Diaspora Network (ADN) Announces Pivotal Partnership with Prosper Africa to Strengthen Economic Ties Between Africa and the USA | Prosper Africa and ADN collaboration will debut at the upcoming African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS24)
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — African Diaspora Network (ADN) announces a pivotal partnership with P... |
| 15.12.2023 | COP28: Every Major Food Sytems Announcement & Funding Pledge from the UN Climate Conference | 8 Mins Read The number of policy recommendations and funding announcements at COP28 was overwhelming. Here’s a list of all the major food outcomes to help you digest it all.
“Everything that makes campaigning against fossil fuels difficult ... |
| 14.11.2023 | FTX, BlockFi claims settlement allowed to proceed, judge declares
Tether credits USDT growth surge to ETF excitement, emerging markets
How this decentralized social media platform plans to bring the... | Bankrupt crypto companies FTX and BlockFi are allowed to proceed in negotiations for their claims settlement, according to a new court filing.
On Nov. 13, United States bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan ordered the end of an automatic holding... |
| 14.11.2023 | Blockchain.com $110M funding round halves its 2022 valuation: Report
Delaware authorities refer fake BlackRock XRP trust filing to state’s Justice Department
How this all-in-one app bridges the gap ... | Crypto exchange and wallet provider Blockchain.com closed a $110-million Series E financing round, an investment that more than halves its previous 2022 valuation of $14 billion.
In a Nov. 14 blog post, Blockchain.com said the closing of it... |
| 14.11.2023 | Uniswap launches Android wallet app with built-in swap function
Animoca eyes SportFi ecosystem, becomes Chiliz Chain validator
Privacy-first, copyright-friendly content is key to driving Web3 adopti... | Uniswap Labs has publicly released an Andriod mobile wallet app with built-in swap capability on the Google Play store.
The new app allows users to make swaps through the decentralized exchange (DEX) from within the app, eliminating the nee... |
| 14.11.2023 | Owner of Hong Kong crypto exchange OSL secures $90M investment
Swan Bitcoin to terminate customer accounts that use crypto-mixing services
Privacy-first, copyright-friendly content is key to driving... | BC Technology Group, the operator of Hong Kong’s publicly listed cryptocurrency exchange OSL, has announced a significant investment from industry firm BGX.
BC Technology entered into a partnership with BGX, which agreed to subscribe for sh... |
| 13.11.2023 | Stablecoin firm Tether minted 4B USDT in 4 weeks: Data
Bitcoin miners earned $44M in a day to record annual all-time high
How this decentralized social media platform plans to bring the next billion... | Major stablecoin issuer Tether has been increasingly minting new USDT
USDT
$1.00 tokens, issuing 4 billion USDT over the past month.
Tether issued another 1 billion of Tether on the Tron blockchain on Nov. 10, blockchain data provider Whale... |
| 12.11.2023 | FTX files billion-dollar lawsuit against ByBit over asset withdrawals
Ex-FTX execs team up to build new crypto exchange 12 months after FTX collapse: Report
How this all-in-one app bridges the gap b... | The FTX bankruptcy estate, headed by CEO John J. Ray III, has filed a lawsuit against ByBit, its investment arm Mirana, and various executives. The aim is to recover funds and digital assets that ByBit withdrew from FTX just before its coll... |
| 10.11.2023 | JPMorgan rolls out programmable payments for institutional blockchain platform JPM Coin
UK cryptocurrency scams jump 23%, young investors prime targets: Lloyds Bank
How this all-in-one app bridges t... | Multinational banking firm JPMorgan has rolled out a programmable payment feature for institutional users of its private blockchain platform, JPM Coin.
Naveen Mallela, head of JPMorgan’s bank-led blockchain platform Onyx, shared details of ... |
| 10.11.2023 | Wallet crypto bot rolls out on Telegram in Colombia, SA and Kenya
China declares stealing digital collections like NFTs liable for criminal theft sentence
Bridging TradFi with crypto innovations: AM... | Cryptocurrency trading bot Wallet is debuting its global rollout on Telegram Messenger in several countries in Latin America and Africa.
The Open Platform (TOP), the Dubai-headquartered investment platform affiliated with TOP Labs and Walle... |
| 07.11.2023 | Moody’s unveils service that uses AI to predict stablecoin depeggings
SEC Inspector General says prohibition on crypto ownership hinders agency hiring
How this all-in-one app bridges the gap between... | Moody’s Analytics is launching a new stablecoin service that will use AI to predict probable depeggings “in a 24-hour time horizon” while providing real-time insights about stablecoin issuers’ liquidity and stability.
The stablecoin market ... |
| 06.11.2023 | Binance’s spot trading market share falls to 40% in 2023: Report
Conflux multichain protocol shuts down after 2 years
Idris Elba on his Stellar journey to unlocking human potential — Interview
Wall... | Crypto exchange Binance’s market share in spot trading has fallen to 40% in late 2023, compared with 62% a year ago.
According to the Nov. 6 report by blockchain analytics firm 0xScope, the exchange has lost one-third of its market share in... |
| 25.10.2023 | Crypto speculations simmer after cryptic posts on X
Telegram trading bot Maestro refunds users 610 ETH after router exploit
Idris Elba on his Stellar journey to unlocking human potential — Interview... | The crypto community on X (formerly Twitter) has been thrown into a series of guessing games by a couple of cryptic posts.
One of the posts was made by David Schwartz, Ripple’s chief technology officer. He published a picture of a frog sitt... |
| 18.10.2023 | Data snapshot: Farm management software adoption still low in Africa despite need for it | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts ab... |
| 02.10.2023 | Can Web3-enabled tokens drive more smallholders in Kenya to adopt regenerative ag practices? | Timothy Asiimwe is the innovation project manager at Mercy Corps Ventures, an active seed- and early-stage investor in emerging markets. The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those ... |
| 28.02.2023 | Can M-Pesa take on the global remittance market? | One of Africa’s most popular fintech companies, M-Pesa, is eyeing the global remittance market. And data shows it might not be the wrong target. Forecasts from the United Nations predict a $5.4 trillion industry by 2030, and companies want ... |
| 21.11.2022 | Всё, что вы хотели знать об экономике «дружественных» стран, но ленились искать | Ёмко и по делу рассказываем о стартапах и инвестициях в Индии, Бразилии и Мексике.
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| 01.10.2022 | Corrigendum (credit rating AA+) - Alvaro Lario, global finance executive, takes helm at UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development | ROME, Oct. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Development finance leader Alvaro Lario takes the helm of the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development on Saturday with an urgent mission to battle poverty and hunger among the world's rural po... |
| 27.09.2022 | Digital Remittances Market Enjoys Significant Boost Amid After-effects of Covid-19 | When COVID-19 cases first appeared in late 2019, its contagion abilities were wildly unanticipated by world leaders, and it was ungracefully downplayed by mainstream media. This caused a subsequent uncontrollable outbreak that eventually da... |
| 04.08.2022 | Do development bank loans actually benefit Africa’s smallholder farmers? | “My name is Omoruyi. I am a farmer in Edo State. Two years ago I applied for the NIRSAL agric business loan to expand my farming business and help put food on the tables of people in the Ipoba Hill community where I live because I need more... |
| 22.06.2022 | How Good Nature Agro is layering digital tools to unlock better services for Zambia’s farmers | Zambia is a Southern African country rich in arable land yet only 15% of it is cultivated. Its predominantly rural population is highly dependent on agriculture with around 60% of households participating in agricultural activities and 50% ... |
| 22.06.2022 | This Year’s G7—A Bad Remake Or A Chef D’oeuvre? | BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 15: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at the presentation of the new ... [+] German postage stamp featuring the upcoming G7 summit on June 15, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. The G7 summit is scheduled to take place at Sc... |
| 17.06.2022 | Meet the Founder: Hello Savanna’s Oumar Barou Togola on creating market access for Malian female smallholder | Smallholder farmers are the backbone of agriculture in Africa. A perennial challenge facing this group that accounts for over 70% of the food supply in Africa is the lack of access to markets for their wares. The existence of middlemen in m... |
| 11.11.2021 | COP26 produced a ‘yoyo of feelings’ about agrifood’s climate role | “It’s been a yoyo of feelings,” I overheard one delegate tell another in the Green Zone of COP26 in Glasgow last week.
That was my experience too – and that of many I’ve spoken to about the UN climate summit that brought leaders from all ov... |
| 03.11.2021 | Mozare3 is introducing Egypt’s smallholder farmers to the gig economy | With the rise of e-grocers, online ordering, and door-to-door delivery, the way people buy and consume food is now intricately linked to the gig economy. The founders of Mozare3 think the way food is grown should be, too.
Hussein Abou Bakr,... |
| 29.10.2021 | HerVest’s digital savings app gives Nigeria’s female farmers a financial on-ramp | Nigerian entrepreneurs Solape Akinpelu and Yomi Ogunleye launched HerVest to provide an on-ramp for the continent’s most financially-excluded women: farmers.
The financing gap for African women is $42 billion. Nearly 40% of this is comprise... |
| 18.10.2021 | Agricorp is spicing things up for Nigerian farmers following $17.5m funding | Kenneth Obiajulu and Wale Omotimirin launched Agricorp, a tech-enabled agronomic services startup, three years ago to help Nigeria’s spice farmers overcome issues common across Africa’s agriculture sector: lack of access to farm services, f... |
| 15.09.2021 | 7 things you need to know about Wave, Francophone Africa’s first Unicorn | Share this article:
In 2007, Safaricom, Kenya’s mobile network operator, launched M-Pesa, the first African mobile money payment service, to help Kenyans obtain microloans. However, users mainly sent money to each other on the platform.
As ... |
| 29.07.2021 | Nations join forces to transform world’s food systems at UN pre-summit | From the US and Bangladesh to Iceland and Senegal, governments around the world said on Wednesday they have formed coalitions to change the way the world currently produces and consumes food, with technology and innovation playing a crucial... |
| 14.07.2021 | IFAD's new investment programme to boost private funding of rural businesses and small-scale farmers | |
| 02.10.2020 | IFAD becomes first UN fund to receive a credit rating, providing a boost to the world's poorest people | |
| 24.09.2020 | Four Ways Your Money Can Drive Real Results In The COVID Era | Every day, as thousands more fall victim to the global impacts of COVID-19, the rich are getting richer. |
| 30.04.2020 | COVID-19 could reduce remittance costs to Sub-Saharan Africa | Share this article:
Growing up with the harsh economic realities in a Sub-Saharan African country, once or twice, you might have entertained the thought of searching for greener pastures elsewhere. If you didn’t, then as the numbers show, s... |
| 06.04.2020 | UPDATE: Sequoia joins AgFunder portfolio co DeHaat’s $12m Series B to get India’s farmers to market | UPDATED April 26, 22:50 EST, with comments from investors and DeHaat’s CEO on the funding and Covid-19’s impact.
Indian ag marketplace DeHaat has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital India. Netherlands development b... |
| 25.03.2020 | There are more apps for farmers than ever before, but Southeast Asia’s smallholders aren’t biting | When it comes to niche tech solutions, farmers have more options today than at any time in the past.
From marketplace apps that help them to buy supplies and sell their produce, to drones and sensors linked to their phones that help them ke... |
| 27.02.2020 | IFAD, Mozambique Sign USD 49 million aquaculture agreement | Mozambique’s fisheries and aquaculture sector received a major boost earlier in February when the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced USD 49 million (EUR 45 million) in financing for small-scale aquaculture busi... |
| 06.07.2018 | What Chad’s Startup Community Can Do About Its Food Insecurity | Young Chadians are already defying a tough business and political environment to build a budding though nascent startup ecosystem. Chad is considered one of the most difficult countries to build a startup. The country ranks 180 of 190 in ea... |
| 14.05.2018 | AI for Good Global Summit 2018 | The 2nd edition of the AI for Good Global Summit will be organized by ITU in Geneva on 15-17 May 2018, in partnership with XPRIZE Foundation, the global leader in incentivized prize competitions, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM... |
| 11.09.2017 | Top Fintech Vietnam News from August 2017 | Fintech Vietnam Meetup is back with another newsletter, September 2017 edition. With the fast pace of the recent developments in Fintech, there are a lot of local and international news that we would like to share with you today.
For the da... |
| 25.08.2014 | Are African remittance startups missing the bigger picture? | Ventureburn recently posted an article about startups trying to pop Africa’s remittance bubble. I applaud the efforts of these startups in trying to address the issue of the above average cost of sending money to Africa which is a real hind... |
| 25.08.2014 | Are African remittance startups missing the bigger picture? | Ventureburn recently posted an article about startups trying to pop Africa’s remittance bubble. I applaud the efforts of these startups in trying to address the issue of the above average cost of sending money to Africa which is a real hind... |
| 23.06.2014 | iProcure, an Online B2B Platform Improving Farming Inputs Access in Kenya, Raises Venture Capital | There’s a lot of talk around African agriculture. Now, there’s a little more funding going into the green space.
iProcure, a Nairobi-based B2B company offering web and mobile technology to enhance sales and inventory management in rural and... |
| 15.01.2013 | IFAD Invests $20.28m In Gambia | In an effort to improve the lives of smallholder farmers including youth and women in Gambia, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) would soon release a $20.28 million grant to Gambia, it was announced on Tuesday.
The m... |
| - | Pentagon says there was 24-hour period with no shelling observed in Ukraine; U.S. accuses Russia of war crimes | This is CNBC's live blog tracking Thursday's developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. |
| - | Climate Crisis Weekly: How Americans can really talk to each other about climate change | How can Americans break through the partisan divide when it comes to talking about the climate crisis?
Scientists rank five types of soft drink containers from best to worst for the environment.
Small farmers globally are particularly vulne... |
| - | International Fund for Agricultural Development | “The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries.” |
