UNB, Rome :
Against the backdrop of escalating global instability, government and development leaders made an urgent call for greater investment in rural development to address hunger and poverty caused by conflict and climate change.
“We all agree on the severity of the situation and that there is no time to lose. We need to scale up our actions and leverage our resources in order to eliminate poverty and hunger,” said Gilbert F Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), at the final day of the Fund’s 43rd
Governing Council meeting. Incidents of armed conflicts in Africa alone increased by 36 percent between 2018 and 2019, contributing to an increase in hunger and poverty.
“While humanitarian responses are well suited to address the symptoms of conflicts or natural disasters, it is rural development that is devised to address long-term issues and is better suited to build resilience, and foster peace and stability,” said Donal Brown, IFAD Associate Vice-President.
There is evidence that well-targeted rural development interventions can accelerate recovery from the devastating effects of conflicts and yield solid peace dividends.
“IFAD was the first multilateral institution that came to Rwanda after the genocide, when nobody else wanted to be there,” said Agnes Matilda Kalibata, President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and recently named Special Envoy of the Food Systems Summit 2021.
Against the backdrop of escalating global instability, government and development leaders made an urgent call for greater investment in rural development to address hunger and poverty caused by conflict and climate change.
“We all agree on the severity of the situation and that there is no time to lose. We need to scale up our actions and leverage our resources in order to eliminate poverty and hunger,” said Gilbert F Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), at the final day of the Fund’s 43rd
Governing Council meeting. Incidents of armed conflicts in Africa alone increased by 36 percent between 2018 and 2019, contributing to an increase in hunger and poverty.
“While humanitarian responses are well suited to address the symptoms of conflicts or natural disasters, it is rural development that is devised to address long-term issues and is better suited to build resilience, and foster peace and stability,” said Donal Brown, IFAD Associate Vice-President.
There is evidence that well-targeted rural development interventions can accelerate recovery from the devastating effects of conflicts and yield solid peace dividends.
“IFAD was the first multilateral institution that came to Rwanda after the genocide, when nobody else wanted to be there,” said Agnes Matilda Kalibata, President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and recently named Special Envoy of the Food Systems Summit 2021.
