Sneak Peek In mid-June, IFAD will release the 2019 Rural Development Report: Creating Opportunities for Rural Youth, which examines the crucial role that rural youth can play in transforming... Read more
Tit Bits Over 800 million people worldwide derive their livelihoods from ocean-linked industries Global fish production is valued at about US$ 362 billion and accounts for almost 20 per cent... Read more
Tit Bits Many places are experiencing water scarcity and decreases in crop yields, while natural disasters are growing in number, and intensity The 2030 Agenda that guides the destiny of hum... Read more
Quick Facts According to the World Bank, only a very small proportion of Ugandan businesses and households have access to a bank loan Interest rates often range between 22 percent and 25 per... Read more
Quick Facts A bunch of matooke costs between Shs15,000 to Shs 20,000. A basin of Irish potatoes goes for between Shs 34,000 to Shs 38,000. A sack of sweet potatoes costs between Shs 80,000 t... Read more
Quick Facts Top on the economic issues raised across the country include; poverty in which a pre-dominant 81 per cent of households in the country say their household income is not sufficien... Read more
Quick Facts The project is aimed improving household income and capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change through gender-responsive livelihood opportunities Improving women’s access... Read more
Quick Facts An increase of 12-20 per cent in tax collection can raise up to $400bn and go a long way in funding $600bn financing gap Africa faces This year it was held under the theme... Read more
Quick Facts Agriculture is the primary livelihood source for more than 60 per cent of Liberia’s population Traditionally, tree crops including cocoa, rubber and timber have been one of the c... Read more
Quick Facts Two water tanks each 5000litres, a water pump, 240W solar system worth Shs 800,000, water heater, barbed wire fence among others will be set in the farm besides the hatchery Fis... Read more
