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

CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-REVITALIZATION LIBRARY-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-REVITALIZATION LIBRARY-MEETING (CN)

(221123) -- BEIJING, Nov. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, speaks at a meeting on the study of the foreword by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, to the Revitalization Library, as well as on the publication of the Revitalization Library's first three volumes, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 23, 2022. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

PETR KELLNER

PETR KELLNER

The PPF group of richest Czech Petr Kellner posted an after-tax profit of EUR935m Kc24.5bn last year, up from EUR815m in 2018, its revenues growing by 17.5 percent to EUR10.15bn and assets rising by 8 percent to EUR48.614bn, according to the group39s annual report. The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity, and problems need to be confronted and resolved, Kellner writes in the foreword. Pictured annual report in Prague, Czech Republic 31, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

PETR KELLNER

PETR KELLNER

The PPF group of richest Czech Petr Kellner posted an after-tax profit of EUR935m Kc24.5bn last year, up from EUR815m in 2018, its revenues growing by 17.5 percent to EUR10.15bn and assets rising by 8 percent to EUR48.614bn, according to the group39s annual report. The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity, and problems need to be confronted and resolved, Kellner writes in the foreword. Pictured annual report in Prague, Czech Republic 31, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)