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Interviews with Investment Centre Staff
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02 Jan 2013
On 31 July 2012, a Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant in the amount of USD 3.3 million was endorsed to fund the Badia Ecosystem and Livelihoods Project (BELP), a new GEF and World Bank partnership. Turi Fileccia, Senior Agronomist in the FAO Investment Centre, explains the background and goals of [...] |
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03 Dec 2012
Cotton is the main cash crop in Tajikistan but sector development has been constrained by unresolved debt issues and dominance of private sector investors who purchase at unfavourably low prices. The World Bank and FAO, in a joint project, facilitated debt resolution, access to post-harvest financing, and provided training to [...] |
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01 Dec 2012
While reports show that poverty levels in Mozambique have diminished from 69.5% in 1997 to 54.7% in 2009, poverty and chronic malnutrition levels remain very high and there is still a great deal of work to be done. In its effort to contribute to reaching of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) [...] |
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05 Nov 2012
A joint FAO and World Bank research effort has been developed to follow the progress of World Bank-supported agriculture and rural development (ARD) projects in South Asia. Jim Hancock, Natural Resources and Livelihoods Officer in FAO’s Investment Centre, elaborates on this effort that monitors large-scale programmes in three areas: rural [...] |
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27 Sep 2012
Emmanuel Hidier, Senior Economist in the Investment Centre, discusses in this video interview innovative financing mechanisms and potential benefits for farmers. FAO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have been working together on the implementation of Grain Warehouse Receipts (GWR) systems in transition countries including Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine [...] |
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30 May 2012
Ida Christensen, Rural Sociologist, introduces us to a new FAO Investment Centre publication designed to boost the effectiveness of agricultural investments, by emphasizing the importance of project design that captures the full social picture when striving for social inclusiveness and gender equity.This analysis comprises three guides, one for managers, one [...] |
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07 Dec 2011
The Rural Enterprise and Small-Scale Commercial Agricultural Development (RESCAD) project in Armenia was financed by the World Bankto support Armenia’s small and medium-size rural businesses by helping farmers and rural business owners access markets and by promoting private and public sector investment in rural areas. It was selected to receive [...] |
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24 Oct 2011
Oury Diallo, Senior Agricultural Institution Officer,.explains how the FAO Investment Centre is supporting the Government of Togo’s efforts to revitalize its agricultural sector, which was hit hard by years of unrest. Working closely with national and international partners, including the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), [...] |
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20 Jun 2011
Garry Smith, Principal Adviser, explains how during the 2009 G8 Summit in L’Aquila, world leaders stepped up their fight against hunger and poverty by committing USD 22 billion over three years for sustainable agriculture development and food security. One by-product of that G8 Summit was the Global Agriculture and Food [...] |
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20 Apr 2011
RuralInvest was created 15 years ago to assist countries in designing successful projects for rural development. Aidan Gulliver, Senior Economist, illustrates how FAO’s Investment Centre has developed a multilingual toolkit with training courses, manuals and custom developed software primarily targeted for field staff from ministries of agriculture, NGOs, local banks [...] |
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