Great to see the UK stepping back into its leadership role in development with a £66.7m pledge to IFAD. - A 40% increase from the last pledge bringing it back in line with its previous pledges. This will help improve food security and resilience for the world’s rural poor.

Let’s improve rural impact in Latin America and the Caribbean linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

México at the cutting edge of community forest conservation and strengthening rural livelihood opportunities linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Great to visit IFAD’s sub regional office in Panama after 5 years. It has grown & matured into a strong team & set of initiatives & programmes in this important but challenging region. Strong support from the gov. of Panama - Ministers of Foreign Affairs & Finance, thank you.

Great to see such priority on Africa during Italy G7 Presidency with the ItaliAfrica summit. Great session on Food Security with President Alvaro addressing. A formidable array of African leaders present. Over 55% of IFAD resources go to Africa to transform lives & food systems.

Another excellent global Farmers Forum held at IFAD. 20 year anniversary. The culmination of national & regional meetings - 80 farmer leaders attending. Focus on our partnership both on projects and policy & 1-2 way of UN Decade of Family Farming. A good time to reflect.

Great to be able to confirm to Government of Panama that our new Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean will be located in Panama City. Many thanks to the 3 other countries for their expressions of interest. The RO will further strengthen our engagement in the region

Another interesting visit to Turkiye where IFAD focuses on poor upland communities and watershed rehabilitation and livelihoods improvements. linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Great discussion on Africa Food Sovereignty at the Africa. development Bank Annual meeting. Smallholder farmers are key. IFAd increasing our investments in partnership with others including the Private Sector. linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Good week of meetings with key partners at the African Development Bank Annual meeting. linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Visited IFAD projects in Hunan, China. What a beautiful place and great to see the strong targeting of ethnic minorities, women and youth trying to make rural areas attractive business opportunities. linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

South South Triangular Co-Operation (SSTC) and partnerships with China linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

The Africa Agriculture Transformation Initiative takes another important step step forward linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

See my blog on my visit to the IFAD project in Hunan province linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Visiting beautiful Lesotho again after 20 years linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Reflections on financing agriculture in Lesotho linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Returning to Ethiopia after 6 years linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Micro irrigation in Ethiopia not only improved household nutrition, food security and incomes but was a lifeline to many during the conflict in Tigray. linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

Helping Sierra Leone transform its agriculture and food systems linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…

IFAD and AKADEMIYA2063 tie the knot! linkedin.com/posts/dr-donal…