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IFAD head in Japan

International Fund for Agricultural Development President Alvaro Lario gives an interview in Yokohama near Tokyo on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Christopher Lambert At Erba Como Fun Event - Italy

Christopher Lambert at Erba, Como Fun event, comics and pop culture fair with international authors and guests at Lario Fiere, on March 15, 2025. Photo by Alessandro Bremec/Ipa/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Dr Alvaro Lario, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development at the Vatican on January 16, 2025. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis In Private Audience - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Dr Alvaro Lario, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development at the Vatican on January 16, 2025. Photo by VATICAN MEDIA/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IFAD President Lario at COP29

Alvaro Lario, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, gives an interview in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 14, 2024, at the venue of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, dubbed COP29.

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UN agencies warn of catastrophic food crisis in South Sudan

STORY: UN agencies warn of catastrophic food crisis in South Sudan DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:26 LOCATION: Juba CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of community members from Apada Boma welcoming the arrival of the delegation 2. various of community members retrieving water from a newly-built shallow well 3. various of farmers preparing the rice demonstration plot 4. various of community members watering the vegetable garden 5. FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu leading the group into the vegetable garden 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): QU DONGYU, FAO director-general 7. various of students from Udhaba Primary School 8. various of WFP executive director Cindy McCain serving students hot meals 9. various of students from Udhaba Primary School eating their school meals inside the classroom 10. various of delegations 11. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALVARO LARIO, President of IFAD 12. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CINDY MCCAIN, Executive director, World Food Programme 13. various of local people STORYLINE: The heads of

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IFAD invests 8 bln USD in rural areas in 2022: report

STORY: IFAD invests 8 bln USD in rural areas in 2022: report DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rural Algeria 2. various of farmers working in Somalia and South Sudan STORYLINE: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN), invested a record 7.96 billion U.S. dollars in rural development in developing countries in 2022, the institution said in its annual report published on Monday. The challenges IFAD had to confront last year included stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts of climate change, and the effects of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. "2022 was a particularly challenging year for rural people the world over," IFAD President Alvaro Lario wrote in the report's foreword. "Rural communities have acutely felt the effects of this triple crisis on their food systems," which are a critical source of livelihoods and essential nourishment, he said. L

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New Global Financing Pact Summit Dinner - Paris

French president Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte receive Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD) for an official dinner as part of the ‘New Global Financial Pact Summit’, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on June 22, 2023. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Silvio Berlusconi's Funeral - Milan

Images taken from Mediaset's live television broadcast, Veronica lario during the state funeral of Italy's former prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi at the Duomo cathedral in Milan, Italy on June 14, 2023. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Silvio Berlusconi's Funeral - Milan

Images taken from Mediaset's live television broadcast, Veronica Lario during the state funeral of Italy's former prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi at the Duomo cathedral in Milan, Italy on June 14, 2023. Photo by Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IFAD chief in Tokyo

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tetsuro Nomura (L) shakes hands with Alvaro Lario, president of the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development, during a meeting in Tokyo on April 20, 2023.

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IFAD chief in Japan

Alvaro Lario, president of the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development, gives an interview in Tokyo on April 19, 2023.

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UN farm fund warns of worsening global food crisis

STORY: UN farm fund warns of worsening global food crisis DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: DAVOS, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALVARO LARIO, IFAD President 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALVARO LARIO, IFAD President STORYLINE: The head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) warned at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday that the ongoing food crisis is likely to continue this year. "For 2023, we're not expecting a better situation than for 2022. Some of the shortcomings in the global supply chains that we have seen in 2022 will have an impact in 2023," IFAD President Alvaro Lario told Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALVARO LARIO, IFAD President "So, we are seeing some action happening in terms of some of the solutions to the food crisis, but unfortunately, it's not fast enough. We're seeing many of the smallholders we serve suffering because of the cost of living, the access to food, the access to