Africa-Press – Malawi. The President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F. Houngbo, will visit the country to meet its leaders and small-scale farmers to discuss the impacts of climate change, and ways to build resilience.
This was revealed in a statement issued on Friday February 25, 2022 According to the statement, Gilbert F. Houngbo, who’ll be accompanied by Norway’s Minister of International Development, Tvinnereim, will arrive in the country on February 27, 2022 for a three-day visit.
Tvinnereim and Gilbert F. Houngbo will have an audience with Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera, the Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe, and the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Sosten Alfred Gwengwe, to discuss investments in climate change resilience to achieve zero hunger and poverty targets in the country by 2030.
The two will also visit IFAD-supported projects to discuss the challenges of climate change and COVID-19 directly with small-scale farmers, particularly women, to see how targeted investments have built their resilience and boosted their food security, nutrition and gender equality.
IFAD projects and programs assist small-scale farmers and fishermen to produce enough, safe and healthy food in climate-smart ways. IFAD has financed 14 rural development programs and projects in Malawi since 1981 at a total cost of $653.67 million, with an IFAD investment of US$ 350.48 million. This has directly benefited more than 2 million rural households.
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