Rural development projects financed and supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have helped to reduce rural poverty and increase rural entrepreneurship in Madagascar, according to a new report presented today. The report, prepared by IFAD’s Independent Office of ...

The government of Uganda is looking to construct more than 70,000 small-scale irrigation schemes countrywide to improve agricultural production and productivity. Mr. John Twinomujuni, the Assistant commissioner in-charge of water for production in the Ministry of Water and Environment, said the ...