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Alvaro Lario

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Alvaro Lario

@IFADPresident

The official account of Alvaro Lario, President of @IFAD and Chair of @UN_Water. #FinancingTheFirstMile

Joined February 2015

Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
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Concluding my visit to #Ireland, I had the opportunity to meet with several of @IFAD’s long-standing partners in Ireland and discuss how we can advance our shared work on food security, rural transformation and resilient food systems. In my meetings with @martinheydonfg,
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
Jun 10
It was a pleasure to meet President Connolly during my visit to Dublin this week. I enjoyed very much our conversation on #Ireland’s priorities on food security, nutrition, and rural transformation. I hope the President will be able to visit soon some of our investments in a
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The OPEC Fund for International Development
@TheOPECFund
Jun 9
OPEC Fund Development Forum: Alvaro Lario @IFADPresident, President of @IFAD, will be joining us as a speaker in Vienna on June 23!
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
Jun 8
Ahead of my visit to #Ireland, I spoke with @IrishTimes about a risk the world cannot afford to underestimate. The conflict in the Middle East is not confined to geopolitics or energy markets. It is already moving through the systems that determine whether farmers can plant,
UN agency chief warns of coming food crisis due to Iran war
From irishtimes.com
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
Jun 5
Very glad to meet with Baroness @JennyChapman, UK Minister of State for International Development and Africa and to see her strong interest in deepening cooperation around practical solutions that build resilience before the next shock becomes another food crisis. The conflict
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International Fund for Agricultural Development
@IFAD
May 29
At #RomeNutritionWeek26, @IFADPresident Álvaro Lario underscored nutrition’s central role in rural transformation. Nutrition starts long before the plate, with farmers who have access to quality inputs, markets that connect them to buyers, functioning value chains that move food
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
May 27
“Small-scale producers are not just beneficiaries. They are investable partners, central to the functioning of global food systems” At #RomeNutritionWeek, I joined @sanchezcastejon, @FAODG and @WFPChief for a timely discussion on the impact of the Middle East conflict on food
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
May 26
At a critical moment for global food security and nutrition, my discussions today at the Rome Nutrition Week with @sanchezcastejon, Prime Minister of #Spain, @FAODG, and @WFPChief, focused on the urgent need to strengthen food systems under growing pressure. The Middle East
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
May 24
Japan’s leadership has been central to advancing the Enhanced Linkages between the Private Sector and Small-scale Producers (ELPS) initiative, a flagship partnership with @IFAD that is helping connect rural producers to agribusinesses, markets and sustainable value chains.
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International Fund for Agricultural Development
@IFAD
May 22
Greater transparency in food systems finance is essential to improving the effectiveness and targeting of investments. The 3FS platform – developed through a collaboration with the @WorldBankGroup, @IICAnews and @FoodSystems – is now accessible via the UN Food Systems
World Bank Group AgriFood
@WBG_AgriFood
May 20
A collaboration between the @WorldBankGroup @IFAD @IICAnews @FoodSystems tracks how financing flows through food systems, helping countries see who is investing, in what, and where the gaps are. Find out more: wrld.bg/m71x50Z2heX
Tracking Financial Flows to Food Systems (3FS)
From unfoodsystemshub.org
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
May 21
Japan has long been a strategic partner of @IFAD in advancing human security. During my visit to Japan, I met with senior Japanese leaders, including @moteging, Minister for Foreign Affairs @MofaJapan_en, Yoko Kamikawa, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Special Envoy of the
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
May 21
I have been reflecting on how economies, supply chains and food systems are being reshaped by today’s disruptions and shocks. What stood out to me during the UN Chief Executives Board meeting in #Japan was how clearly this moment calls for a more focused and effective
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Alvaro Lario
@IFADPresident
May 17
Africa’s rural transformation will not be delivered by finance alone. It will depend on whether public finance, private capital, science and markets can be connected more effectively to the people and places where growth begins. The first mile. At the #AfricaForward Summit,
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