Rome, 5 December 2022 – Germany has granted EUR 30 million to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support poor rural communities cope with the impacts of the global food, fertilizer and energy crisis. Germany’s funding will be channelled as immediate support, through existing IFAD programmes operating in countries that are hardest hit by setbacks. Poor rural people in developing countries continue to be among the hardest hit by the multiple impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme […]
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A Norwegian agency has pledged almost $2.75 million to support food safety in developing countries. The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) funding covers 2021 to 2023 and is for the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF). Norad is part of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The STDF is managed by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The money will be used to improve the capacity of developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) to comply with international food safety standards, and increase […]
