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Jan 2025
32m 40s

Shaping the future of food in 2025

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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In our first Farms. Food. Future. episode of the new year, we’re looking back at the rural development success stories of 2024 – and setting our sights on what’s to come in 2025.

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Shaping the future of food in 2025

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