The International Fund for Agricultural Development and China have signed an agreement to finance a project that aims to reduce poverty and improve incomes for 339,561 smallholder farmers in the Qinba Mountains in south Shaanxi
The International Fund for Agricultural Development and Ant Financial Services Group have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to explore ways to contribute to economic development in rural areas and the reduction of rural poverty in China and other developing countries.
A delegation of member state representatives from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) began a five-day working trip to Bangladesh on 17 November 2017, with planned visits to IFAD-funded projects designed to increase incomes and improve living conditions for rural poor in the country.
A new initiative by The Arthur Rank Centre,The Plunkett Foundation and The Church of England's Mission and Public Affairs Division will extend the use of rural credit unions.
A church group has repeated its call for action to end inequality outside Britain's main urban areas. It comes as a new report shows that poverty and inequality are growing in Britain’s rural communities even faster than in towns and cities