Headlines Mauritania

Mauritania, IFAD Reaffirm Partnership on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

On the margins of the Food Security Conference held in Dubai on February 4 and 5, Mauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Abdoullah Souleymane Cheikh Sidiya, met with the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Alvaro Lario, to review and strengthen cooperation between Mauritania and the Fund. Discussions centred on assessing the […]

Emerging Markets Finance Headlines International Morocco

IFAD joins efforts with Bank Al Maghrib to ensure food security in rural areas around the world

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Bank Al Maghrib have partnered for the second time to increase financing for food security in rural areas around the world. IFAD has issued a $150 million bond with a tenor of 10 years to Morocco’s central bank to support efforts engaged to transform rural areas to […]

Africa Finance International

Launch of nearly $20 million-initiative to transform agricultural interventions in Africa

The African Agricultural Transformation Initiative (AATI), Endowed with a budget of $19.6 million until 2025, has been launched to improve sustainable development in Africa by bridging the gap between the formulation of strategic agricultural initiatives and their successful implementation at local level, the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said in a press release. […]

Finance Headlines Maghreb Morocco

Morocco to launch €82.6 million project to help vulnerable households face climate change

Morocco, in partnership with the international Fund for Agricultural Development(IFAD),agreed to launch a €82.6 million project to help vulnerable households face climate change. IFAD is an international financial institution and a United Nations specialized agency based in Rome – the United Nations’ food and agriculture hub. The project will benefit 11,200 vulnerable households in rural […]

Headlines Morocco

COP22: Financial Support Coming

Several stakeholders, including the European Union, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) among others have committed to extend Morocco millions of Euros as a contribution to the organization of the World Climate Conference (COP22,) to be hosted by the Kingdom in Marrakech next November. The pledges were […]