Given the already-high levels of poverty and vulnerability faced by small-scale rural producers, the pandemic has hit them and their families particularly hard. So, what should be the priorities for organisations, like IFAD, in the coming years?  

Next year China is hoping to announce that they have eradicated extreme poverty - but what are the challenges that China would need to deal with after 2020?

We are just over 10 years out from the deadline to the meet the SDGs, but the goals will require a step change in the quantity and quality of financing made available.

In recent years, the concerns and worldviews of young adults have been increasingly occupying center stage in global debates. And they should.

Today, on the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, I wanted to step back and reflect on progress.

Improving farmers' land tenure security is expected to have many economic, social and environmental benefits.

When a human baby is born, 75 per cent of its body mass is water. We are made of water and, like all living creatures on our planet, we would wither and die without it.

IFAD highlights that the rural world – where most poor and hungry people live – deserves special attention.

The bold 2030 Agenda for humanity will require equally bold changes in the UN development system. How is IFAD preparing to meet the challenge of reform?