At a time when the twin effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate-driven environmental challenges are having a serious negative impact on the agriculture sector in low-income countries, the Government of Canada has announced its further commitment to ensuring the continued resilience of small-scale farmers in rural communities by increasing its financial contribution to the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
On Friday December 17, the Canadian Government, through its Minister of International Development, Harjit Singh Sajjan, announced at the International Nutrition and Growth Summit in Tokyo that Canada is committing a further US$27.7 million to IFAD’s Twelfth Replenishment, a mechanism through which member countries commit funds to the organisation for its work in the global agriculture sector. The next replenishment cycle, which extends over three years, begins in 2022.