Video gallery
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On television screens and newspaper front pages around the world, the stories out of Africa are often filled with doom and gloom. And while the reality of life for many Africans is often difficult, there are success stories to share and inspire others. This 13-part television series, produced in cooperation with IFAD, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Dev.tv, presents just a few. |
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| Building Futures | 10-IFT-01 |
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One year after a political crisis erupted in Madagascar, an IFAD-supported project continues to work with small businesses to provide employment opportunities for young people in poor rural communities. Duration: 4' |
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| Banking on Haiti’s Poor | 09-IFT-07 |
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What can the poorest people do to aid economic development in their own communities? A great deal, when given easy access to financial services and remittance flows, says the Director of Fonkoze, Haiti’s alternative bank for the poor. This short video tells the story of two Fonkoze clients. Duration: 4’ |
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| Mark Farahani: the story of a Tanzanian ‘internetpreneur’ | 09-IFT-06 |
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Tanzanian Mark Farahani is an ‘internetpreneur’. He’s the founder of KIRSEC, arguably the first privately owned Wireless internet service provider in rural Africa. Apart from its remoteness, KIRSEC provides Internet services to the local government and public hospital through a unique public private partnership. This video tells Mark Farahani’s story. Duration: 18’ |
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| The President’s Dilemma | 09-IFT-05 |
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The Pacific islands of Kiribati were among the last places to be colonized by humans. But now, because of rising sea levels, they may be among the first to be abandoned. Should Kiribati President Anote Tong surrender to climate change and evacuate? Can anything be done to help him buy more time? Duration: 24’ |
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The Difference We Make |
09-IFT-04 |
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For more than 30 years the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has worked to eradicate rural poverty in developing countries around the world. This 8-minute video provides an overview of the organization and its work. Duration: 15’ |
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| Seeds of Hope | 09-IFT-03 |
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In 2008, global food price spikes and four successive hurricanes battered the Caribbean island of Haiti, causing an estimated US$220 million in damage to food crops. Tens of thousands of farmers were left without a means of earning an income and the country without enough food to eat. This short video looks at a special IFAD-funded programme designed to kick-start the country’s food production quickly and the support needed to make Haiti food secure. Duration: 4’ 30” |
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| Sweet Success | 09-IFT-02 |
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Consumer demand for organic, fair trade chocolate is helping to revive an entire sector of the economy in Sao Tome. Thanks to an initiative first proposed by IFAD, 1400 farmers on this island 230 kilometres of the west coast of Africa have switched to organic cocoa production and are earning more money as a result. Duration: 3’
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| Made in Benin | 09-IFT-01 |
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A year ago, 30-year-old mother of six Brigitte Adassin was like many poor African farmers struggling to live on less than 2 US dollars a day. Now she’s financed her first real estate development – a four-unit apartment building. How did she do it? This short video looks at the positive impact that increases in global commodity prices has had on poor rice farmers in Benin. Duration: 4’ 30”
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| Howa’s Chance | 08-IFT-08
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Volatile global food prices are taking a toll on food security in Eritrea. This short video looks at what an IFAD-support project is doing to improve local agricultural production and the role that women play in helping the country produce more food. Duration: 3’ 30”
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| Three Sisters | 08-IFT-07 |
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Women in Eritrea are often depicted as Africa’s most liberated sisterhood. They fought on the frontlines in the country’s 30-year war of independence. But in Eritrea’s poor rural heartland, woman’s liberation is a war still being fought. And the challenge is to convince women themselves of the need for change. This documentary tells the stories of three rural women and explores what the government and National Union of Eritrean Women in partnership with IFAD are doing to help improve women’s lives. Featured on BBC World Duration: 24’
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| Fuel for thought | 08-IFT-06 |
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Among human activities agriculture is one of the largest producers of methane, a potent greenhouse gas 22 times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Now an IFAD-supported project in China’s Guangxi province is encouraging thousands of poor farmers to turn the methane produced on their farms into fuel for lighting and cooking, not only helping to improve local environmental conditions but reduce poverty. Durations: 6’ and 4’ Featured on DW-TV
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| Carina’s Story – a three-part series | 08-IFT-05 |
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Carina Giorgi is a former actress from Uruguay who’s spent most of the last two decades working in a variety of administrative jobs at IFAD. Last year, through an innovative staff program, she was given an opportunity to spend several days living with a poor farm family in a remote corner of Madagascar, where an IFAD-supported project has been working to improve local conditions. This three part series, featured recently on Germany’s DW-TV, chronicles Carina’s experience. Location: Madagascar Featured on DW-TV
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| “Qashing” In | 08-IFT-03 |
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Rising food prices are having a devastating effect on the poorest people, particularly smallholder farmers in developing countries. This short video features an isolated community in Tanzania called Qash and illustrates what can happen when smallholder farmers get access to both credit and storage facilities for their grains. In particularly, the video tells the story of one woman, Maimuna Ikangoin, who stores her grains and then finds an innovative way to invest her profits in international football competitions. Duration: 4’ 55”
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| Ecotourism in Bolivia | 08-IFT-04 |
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The Bolivian Jungle is fast becoming an eco-tourist hotspot. Yet despite the growing number of tourists arriving each day, it’s international tour operators who profit most, not the poor indigenous people who live there. Now, thanks to the efforts of an innovative project that is helping more than 100 indigenous groups in the Amazon basin increase their incomes while preserving their culture, indigenous entrepreneurs are taking a share of the tourism market. Duration: 4’
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| BBC World Debate: Food – Who pays the price? | ||
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“Food – Who Pays the Price?” raises important questions about who produces the food we eat and how. Urbanization, climate change, changing diets in emerging economies and the impact of supermarkets are putting new pressures on the land and changing the face of farming. Meanwhile small farmers around the world are leaving the land in increasing numbers. Staged in Rome to mark IFAD’s 30th Anniversary.
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| IFAD – A 30 year retrospective | Reference 08-IFT-02 |
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IFAD marks 30 years of fighting rural poverty and hunger in 2008. This special retrospective video examines IFAD’s unique origins, some of its milestones as well as the changing world conditions that continue to shape its role as the UN’s only specialized agency dedicated to the eradicaiton of rural poverty. Featuring interviews with IFAD’s former presidents and President Lennart Båge. Duration: 10’
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| Gas Gas Gas | 2008 Reference 08-IFT-01 |
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An IFAD-supported project in China’s Guangxi province encourages poor farmers to produce their own biogas as a means of reducing poverty while improving local environmental conditions. Duration: 22’ As featured on BBC World’s “Earth Report”
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| Sending Money Home | Reference 07-IFT-04 |
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International remittances sent by migrant workers to developing countries reached a staggering US$300 billion in 2006, according to an IFAD study. This short documentary looks at the scope and scale of the flow and features the first-ever map to show remittances estimates on a country-by-country basis worldwide. Duration: 3’ As featured on CNN World Report
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| Troubled Waters | 2007 Reference 07-IFT-03 |
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An IFAD-supported project in the south of Jordan helps poor farmers better manage soil and water resources in one of the world’s top ten water-poor countries. Duration: 3’ As featured on CNN World Report
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| BBC World debate: Failing the farmer? | ||
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Fourteen international panelists consider the issues in this BBC World debate produced in partnership with IFAD and TVE Read more
Duration: 45’ |
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| Fishermen’s Futures | 2007 Reference 07-IFT-01 |
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The Arabian Sea is one of the world’s richest fisheries, yet until recently fishermen living along its coast in Yemen remained desperately poor. This short video looks at how an IFAD-supported project helped transform poor fishermen into successful fish exporters, who now sell their catch to buyers from Saudi Arabia, Japan and Europe.
Duration: 3’
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| I Spy | 2006 Reference 06-IFT-06 |
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Market spies and modern communication technology join forces in an innovative IFAD-supported project in Tanzania. This short documentary features “spy” Stanley Mchome, whose activities have not only helped to empower local farmers but to substantially increase their incomes.
Duration: 3’ |
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| Every Dollar Sent | 2006 Reference 06-IFT-05 |
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) reports that remittances flowing from the United States into Latin America reached a record-breaking US$45 billion in 2006. This IFAD documentary looks at a joint IADB-IFAD project attempting to re-direct a portion of the remittance flow through micro-finance institutions in rural communities.
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| Inside ABC Africa | 2006 Reference 06-IFT-04 |
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In 2000, Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami received an invitation from IFAD to document the plight of nearly two million Ugandan orphans whose families had been devastated by HIV/AIDs. Kiarostami’s acclaimed documentary ABC Africa was the result. Inside ABC Africa, to be featured on an upcoming DVD release of ABC Africa, is the story behind the making of Kiarostami’s film.
Duration: 19’ 06” |
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| Villages on the Front Line: Jordan | 2007 Reference 07-IFT-02 |
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The BBC World Series "Villages on the Front Line," was produced in partnership with IFAD, the Global Mechanism, Dev.tv and others to mark the International Year of Deserts and Desertification in 2006. In this segment, viewers travel to Jordan where the challenge is to stop the entire Kingdom from turning to desert. TV presenter Rula Amin travels the length of Jordan in search of some answers and discovers an innovative IFAD-supported project working on the front lines of the crisis. Originally featured on BBC World Duration: 22’ |
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| La última esperanza de un sombrero | 2006 Reference 06-IFT-03 |
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Believing it may be their last chance to profit from the production of traditional straw hats, a group of Mayan artisans calling themselves ‘la última esperanza’ receives assistance and marketing advice from an IFAD-supported project.
Duration: 4’ |
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| The First Mile | 2006, Reference 06-IFT-01 |
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Good communication is vital to small farmers who need better access to markets and to reliable information about prices, product quality and market conditions. Can new information and communication technologies, such as mobile phones and the Internet, help? This IFAD video looks at the First Mile - an innovative two-year pilot project underway in Tanzania.
Duration: 8’ 14” |
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| Cash Flow Fever | 2005,
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Elmer, Hector and Dalila Cortez have left their home and family in El Salvador to work in the United States . They’re part of a huge global movement of migrant workers who travel to rich countries to find jobs so they can send money home to support poor families. What impact does this cash flow have in the fight against poverty? This IFAD documentary tells the story of the Cortez family in the United States and El Salvador and explores the role development can play in spreading the impact of the remittances flow.
Duration: 22’ 41” |
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| Liquid
Gold |
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Reference 05-IFT-03 |
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Mayan honey producers in Mexico’s Southern Yucatan switch to organic production and tap into lucrative international markets.
Duration: 5’ 14” |
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| Las
Borregeras |
2005, Reference
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An IFAD-supported project in Mexico helps a women’s group set up a sheep farm. One participant tells her story.
Duration: 5’ 18” |
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| Election Day | 2005,
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The people of Burundi are heading to the polls to elect their first parliament and president since a civil war began in 1993. This report explores how IFAD-initiated Community Development Committees contribute to democratic processes and peace building by putting economic decision-making power in the hands of poor villagers. Duration: 4'
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| A Pledge for Peace | 2005, Reference 05-IFT-02 |
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Development assistance can offer people an alternative to conflict in countries disabled by war. This report explores the impact that economic development had in several provinces in Burundi during the country's 10-year civil war and the need for continued international support since the war has ended.
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| In the Wake of War | 2004, Reference
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After 10 years of civil war, Burundians are ready for lasting peace. This IFAD documentary, co-produced with the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) for broadcast on BBC World, follows the stories of three people who are attempting to rebuild their lives. Through their stories, the film explores the larger challenges that face the country and the role that international development can play in preventing conflict from re-igniting. Duration: 23’ 40”
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| Entrepreneurs wanted | 2004, Reference 04-IFT-02 |
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A innovative government program supported by IFAD attempts to unlock the entrepreneurial spirit in one of the world's poorest countries. Durations: 4' 10'' |
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| Breaking Down Borders | 2004, Reference 04-IFT-01 |
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Nine Latin American entrepreneurs, representing artisans from poor rural communities, attempt to sell their goods in one of Europe's toughest fashion capitals. Durations: 4' 20'' and 8' 30''
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Still, the children are here |
2003, Reference 03-IFT-01 |
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The plight of the Garos people in north-east India and related threats to ancient knowledge important to the preservation of the world's rice varieties are explored in this feature-length documentary film supported by IFAD and produced by acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mira Nair. Durations: 49' 50'' and 84' 57'' |
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| Trading Futures | 2003, Reference: 03-IFT-02 |
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A collection of interviews from rural poor people in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Laos, Morocco and Peru who describe the greatest obstacles they face in getting their goods to market. Duration: 6' 30'' |
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Radio: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) works with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. Since 1978, IFAD has invested over US$11 billion in grants and low-interest loans to developing countries, empowering some 350 million people to break out of poverty. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency based in Rome – the UN’s food and agricultural hub. It is a unique partnership of 165 members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), other developing countries and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
