The International Fund for Agricultural Development is a specialized agency of the United Nations, with its headquarters in Rome, set up to finance agricultural development in poor rural areas. It was created after the world food crisis of the early 1970s and the World Food Conference of 1974, which concluded that hunger was caused largely by poverty and by neglect of small farmers. The fund provides low-interest loans and grants to governments for projects that help small-scale farmers, herders and fishers to raise their incomes and improve food security. It is financed by contributions from member states and works with other Rome-based UN agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme.
Before and after
- 1977Voyager program
- 1977Invention of AWK
- 1977Establishment of Khangchendzonga National Park
- 1977Creation of Berkeley Software Distribution
- 1977Founding of International Fund for Agricultural Development
- 1977Rise of Charter 77
- 1977Rise of no wave
- 1977Frederick Sanger develops rapid DNA sequencing
- 15 January 1977Birth of Giorgia Meloni
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1 November 1993Founding of European Union
- 2015Rise of Wikipedia Asian Month
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