Press Releases

An Innovative Trail for Rice Production: ILSAFARM’s Impact

August 31, 2011 – DHAKA, Bangladesh, and MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala., United States – IFDC has released the video “An Innovative Trail for Rice Production” to highlight the impact of the Improved Livelihood for Sidr-Affected Rice Farmers (ILSAFARM) project in Bangladesh.

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International Group Meets on Phosphorus Management: a Key to Improving the Environment and Global Food Security

August 22, 2011 – ZURICH, Switzerland, and MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala., United States The third workshop of the Global TraPs project will take place August 29-30, 2011, in Zurich, Switzerland. About 70 participants from more than a dozen countries will gather to explore how humans can more sustainably manage phosphorus (P), particularly phosphate fertilizer.

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Rice Cooperative Receives Loan Through Inventory Credit System

Aug. 17, 2011 – KAMONYI, Rwanda – Rice farmers belonging to the Mukunguri Rice Growers Cooperative in Rwanda can now access credit using their harvest as a guarantee for the borrowed funds.

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