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The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development is calling for urgent investments to empower small-scale farmers to tackle land degradation and desertification, and contribute to safeguard the planet’s food security, climate and ecosystems, as the sixteenth Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this week. IFAD
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STORY: IFAD / COP16 DESERTIFICATION
TRT: 02:09
SOURCE: IFAD
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LANGUAGES: SHONA / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 - 17 OCTOBER 2024, MASAVINGO PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE / 24 NOVEMBER 2024, ROME, ITALY

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16 -17 OCTOBER 2024, MASAVINGO PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE

1. Various shots, dry soil view, farmers Monugwei and wife walking by lake
2. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Monugwei Mateza, farmer:
"As you can see there is little rainfall. it has been announced that it will rain but it‚ is still not raining. So, we are hoping for rain soon."
3. Various shots, dried out pipe and canal, dried lake
4. Various shots, Tobias Makozo and other farmers preparing to activate new pipes, new hydraulic system turned on, water flowing from new irrigation pipes
5. Various shots, farmer picks maize cobs, farmers show cobs near a loaded truck
6. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Tobias Makhozo, farmer:
"Before SIRP came there were canals that we used for irrigation at the scheme. They were leaking so the dams ran out of water very quickly"
7. Various shots, Tobias and Dzanisai getting ready to eat
8. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Dzanisai, farmer:
“But when SIRP came with those pipes they changed our lives."
9. Various shots, farmers

24 NOVEMBER 2024, ROME, ITALY

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alvaro Lario, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):
"The world 500 million small farms are the backbone of our global food systems they're the ones that are bearing the brand of climate change. They're the most vulnerable and the least preferred investing in them is a prerequisite is we want to keep food security."

16 -17 OCTOBER 2024, MASAVINGO PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE

11. Various shots, farmers talking on corn fields, talking while loading the truck, working
12. Various shots, water flowing in a canal by a field, small stream of water passing through the irrigation canals in the field

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The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is calling for urgent investments to empower small-scale farmers to tackle land degradation and desertification, and contribute to safeguard the planet’s food security, climate and ecosystems, as the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this week.

IFAD’s President Alvaro Lario is in Riyadh to advocate for small-scale farmers and producers who are dealing with the destructive impact of drought and desertification which threatens the livelihoods of an estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide.

Recent drought in East Africa was the worst in over 40 years and In North Africa.

The Sahel, which holds back the Sahara to the north, has shifted up to 200 kilometres southward over the past three decades.

This year, Zimbabwe has endured the worst drought in living memory, forcing its President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare a country-wide state of disaster.

IFAD has been supporting one project which is helping thousands of farmers remain resilient and grow crops despite the limited rainfall.

Poor rainfall has seen at least 40 per cent of farmers experiencing complete crop failure due to this year’s El Nino induced drought- the worst in living memory.

Many small-scale farmers in the country rely on rainfed agriculture. Even for those who have irrigation, poor infrastructure and broken pipes and canals were hampering their efforts to grow any crops.

An estimated population of 6 million are expected to be food insecure in Zimbabwe during 2024-2025 lean season (January to March).

The Smallholder Irrigation Revitalization Programme, or SIRP, is trying to restore irrigation schemes across Zimbabwe, benefiting over 27,000 rural households.

The project funded by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of Zimbabwe aims to improve climate resilience and food security.

IFAD’s President Alvaro Lario will be among leaders who are attending COP 16 in Riyadh this week. He says small-scale farmers should be at the heart of discussions, as they are the farmers most impacted by these shocks, which in turn affects millions of others as they produce 40 percent of the world’s food, 60percent in Africa.

“The world 500 million small farms are the backbone of our global food systems, they're the ones that are bearing the brand of climate change. They're the most vulnerable and the least preferred investing in them is a prerequisite is we want to keep food security.”

At COP16, IFAD will highlight the consequences of the lack of investment in food security, overcoming poverty and increasing stability.

Small-scale farmers’ food production is essential for economic stability in many developing countries where agriculture drives GDP.

In addition to the human and economic costs, land degradation and climate change could force up to 700 million people to migrate by 2050

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