Archive for April, 2009

IFAD’s new Prez calls for agricultural renaissance »

Rome, 1 April, 2009 – As leaders of the G20 gather in London to seek shared solutions to the global economic crisis, IFAD’s new President, Kanayo F. Nwanze, called on national governments to accelerate agricultural development. The worldwide financial downturn is threatening to push millions of people into abject poverty, particularly poor rural people in [...]