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Jennifer Bosshard führt am Samstag durch die Show «Super10Kampf» der Schweizer Sporthilfe. Für Blick gab die SRF-Frau einen Einblick in ihr Verhältnis zu Essen, Sport und zu ihrem Körper und den angriffigen Kommentaren auf Social Media.

Algérie Télécom est revenu sur sa plateforme d’e-commerce baptisée Idoom Market. Cette initiative novatrice vise à offrir à sa clientèle un accès simplifié et pratique […]

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L’École Supérieure de la Sécurité Sociale (ESSS) a récemment accueilli un événement scientifique d’envergure, plongeant dans les méandres de la transformation numérique. Ce colloque international, […]

L’article Numérisation en Algérie : regards croisés lors du colloque international de l’ESSS est apparu en premier sur .

Er soll Simone F. (†31) geschlagen, erwürgt und im Thunersee entsorgt haben. Nun muss er sich dafür vor Gericht verantworten. Am ersten Prozesstag macht der Angeklagte einen Unfall geltend, doch der Gutachter widerspricht.

Research associate, Tania Eulalia Martínez Cruz from Oaxaca, Mexico shows how intercropping assists communities remain self-sufficient. Credit: Conrado Perez/IPS

By Joyce Chimbi
NAIROBI, Dec 15 2023 (IPS)

The world is not on track to end hunger and poverty as a future of growing food insecurity and climate challenges beckon. Small-scale farmers are the backbone of food production, producing one-third of the world’s food and up to 70 percent of the food consumed in Africa and Asia, yet they are often cut off from the services they need to pull themselves out of poverty and food insecurity.

As small-scale farmers and communities in rural areas—where 80 percent of the world’s poorest live—edge even closer to the epicenter of climate-induced disasters, there is an urgent need for world leaders to increase funding to provide much-needed tools for rural communities to adapt to and mitigate these challenges.

To address these challenges, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) received record-breaking pledges in support of its largest replenishment ever, putting the organization on track to positively impact the lives of millions of rural people across the globe.

“This is a clear sign of the confidence member states have in IFAD and the importance they place on our ability to deliver results and impact through targeted investments that transform agriculture, rural economies, and food systems. They understand that investing in rural people and small-scale producers, who produce one-third of the world’s food and up to 70 percent of the food in low- and middle-income countries, is the only path to a food-secure future,” said Alvaro Lario, President of IFAD, following the pledging session in Paris.

IFAD is on track to receive a record replenishment as contributions increase substantially from both big and smaller nations. Photo: Joyce Chimbi/IPS

The fourth replenishment session, which Angola and France hosted in Paris, saw an increase in pledges. IFAD is both a UN organization and an International Financial Institution (IFI), working in remote rural areas where poverty and hunger are at their deepest, so that rural populations are not left behind and are equipped to lift themselves out of poverty.

A replenishment session is the process by which IFAD mobilizes its core resources—an exercise in accountability by which IFAD reports to its Member States on its strategy, reform, and performance, usually at the mid-term of the previous replenishment period.

To date, 48 Member States have pledged USD 1.076 billion to replenish their core resources. Ten countries have increased by more than 50 percent from their previous contribution, and 31 countries have committed to their highest contribution ever, marking a record level of financing achieved for IFAD’s 2025–2027 programme of work.

IFAD launched its 13th replenishment in February 2023, calling for increased investments in small-scale farmers and rural people across developing countries. Every three years, member states replenish IFAD’s resources. The consultation culminated in a pledging session in Paris. Fundraising will then continue in 2024. Typically, over 100 countries contribute to IFAD’s replenishments, making it the most widely supported of all the major IFI replenishments.

“I am humbled by the positive momentum from today’s session and confident that IFAD’s ambitious call to mobilize USD 2 billion in new funding to support a USD 10 billion programme of work impacting over 100 million rural people will be achieved in the coming months,” said Lario.

To address today’s complex challenges facing rural communities, IFAD urged world leaders to increase rural investments. IFAD’s Member States have demonstrated their record-breaking support and IFAD’s pivotal role in revitalizing the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals through investing in rural people.

“We rely on IFAD to ensure the resilience we seek to build, taking into account climate change and all other factors that hinder our development,” said Carmen do Sacramento Neto, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Angola, at the opening of the session.

“There has been an improvement in the living conditions of rural and fishing populations where the IFAD project was implemented, and it has had a significant impact. We announce that Angola will maintain its contribution and increase it in the coming years as a clear sign of our commitment.”

“With four in five of the world’s poorest people living in rural areas, the road to a prosperous, resilient, and food-secure future runs through rural communities. As multiple crises converge, rural people need us to invest in them more than ever before. As countries scramble to respond to unforeseen crises, development budgets are stretched, making the right investments is urgent and critical.”

Eunice Mwape is 26 and the mother of four children. She used to travel far to the garden because there was not enough water near her village of Shatubi. Now, thanks to the IFAD-sponsored project E-SLIP, Eunice has water close to her house. Credit: IFAD

Collaborating with member states, IFAD invests in rural development and across food systems to help small-scale farmers produce more food in greater variety, access markets, apply new technologies, and adapt to climate change. IFAD ensures that member state contributions reach those who need them the most, with 45 percent of total concessional financing going to low-income countries and at least 30 percent of core resources dedicated to fragile situations.

Pledging funds towards SDGs 1 and 2 today means spending less on development tomorrow. For every USD 1 spent on resilience, it now saves up to USD 10 in emergency aid in the future, not to mention avoiding hardship for millions of people the world over. IFAD’s work achieves measurable impact.

Between 2019 and 2021, IFAD’s investments improved the incomes of 77.4 million rural people, while 62 million rural people increased their production, and 64 million rural people improved their access to markets, enabling them to sell their production.

Additionally, thanks to improved agricultural practices, access to technical assistance and credit, as well as the diversification of their income sources, IFAD assisted 38 million people in building their resilience, which is a measure of their capacity to recover from climatic and non-climatic shocks.

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Seit Tagen zeigt sich Petrus von seiner unangenehmen Seite. Von Schneeflocken und weihnachtlicher Atmosphäre weit entfernt. Das macht den Weihnachtsmärkten in der Schweiz zu schaffen.

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The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded today its 7th edition of the annual Civil Society Forum, a platform that gathers civil society organizations (CSOs) to address challenges and issues they face and facilitates constructive exchanges amongst them.

Around 80 representatives and activists of civil society organizations from across Kosovo working on a wide-range of areas participated in this year’s edition. Together with expert panels, they discussed developments related to youth legal framework, as well as the role of organizations of persons with disabilities and other human rights organizations in monitoring the implementation of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The discussions also focused on the need for a comprehensive approach toward a stronger role of CSOs in the society.

“A vibrant civic activism at all levels is an essential building block of democracy and social development, and civil society organizations are in the position to hold governmental bodies accountable for their actions,” said Ambassador Michael Davenport, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. “Furthermore, locally-based organizations - those closest to residents - have the potential to develop new solutions for existing problems, while actively involving local governments and residents,” he added.

During discussions, youth organizations and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports representatives reconfirmed their commitment to the ongoing development of the broader youth framework. With the draft Law on Youth in the Assembly, participants emphasized the need for an open and transparent consultative process for the development of related sub-legal acts, that will start once the Law is adopted. Finally, the Strategy on Youth 2024-2032 and its three-year Action Plan remain key youth policy documents to be finalized, that will provide the framework for the mid- and long-term development of the youth sector. The OSCE Mission in Kosovo remains strongly committed to these processes and to support involved stakeholders.

In addition, Afrim Maliqi, Director of HandiKos, stressed the necessity of a stronger human rights-based approach to the rights of persons with disabilities, in view of the Constitutional amendments that will include the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as directly applicable international instrument in Kosovo.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo works with civil society organizations as part of its long-lasting commitment to strengthen their contributions to public life, and to enhance their co-operation and coordination with relevant institutions. It organizes the Civil Society Forum annually since 2016.

Ein kleiner Chihuahua läuft in Angst auf einen New Yorker High Way. Dort löst er Chaos aus und es beginnt eine Rettungsaktion mitten auf der Strasse.

Die monegassische Fürstenfamilie ist in Weihnachtsstimmung und teilt diese mit der Welt. Eine festlich gekleidete Fürstin Charlène, Fürst Albert II. und ihre Zwillinge lächeln vom offiziellen Weihnachtsfoto.

Lors de sa comparution devant le tribunal correctionnel de Nice, l’entraîneur français, Christophe Galtier, a fait face à de nombreuses accusations datant de son passage […]

L’article Accusé de tenir des propos ignobles à l’égard des Algériens, Galtier crie au complot est apparu en premier sur .

Der Schweizer Boxer Egzon Maliqaj kämpft am Wochenende um einen IBO-Titel. Mit Blick hat der Ingenieur über sein Leben zwischen Büro und Boxring, seine Familie und die politische Brisanz des Kampfes gesprochen.

(B2) Un navire battant pavillon maltais a été capturé par les pirates en plein Océan indien jeudi (14 décembre). Il a rejoint la côte somalienne suivi à la trace par la frégate espagnole de l'opération européenne Atalanta.

Le MV Ruen (Photo : Navibulgar)

Le Centre d'opérations conjoint de la force navale de l'Union européenne (EUNAVFOR) a reçu jeudi (14 décembre) une alerte sur le détournement possible du MV Ruen, un cargo battant pavillon maltais et géré par une compagnie bulgare. L'incident s'est produit en plein Océan indien, à environ 500 Nautiques à l'Est de l'île de Socotra. Parti de Gwangyang (Corée du Sud) avec une cargaison de métaux, avec pour destination Gemlik en Turquie, il a été capturé, comme l'a confirmé son capitaine aux forces maritimes.

La frégate espagnole Victoria, a reçu l'ordre de mettre les moteurs et « se rapprocher le plus vite possible » du navire marchand. Objectif affiché : « recueillir davantage d'informations » et « évaluer d'autres actions ». Les forces maritimes combinées de la CTF sont également averties.

L'officier de sécurité de la compagnie affirme n'avoir plus de contact avec l'équipage. Le navire aurait mis le cap sur Bossaso en Somalie, dont il se trouve à environ 680 nautiques, selon les dernières indications.

Le 15 janvier, dès les premières heures, un avion de patrouille maritime indien a repéré le navire marchand, et réussi à établir des communications radio avec l'équipage. Les 18 membres de l'équipage se portaient alors bien, enfermés dans la citadelle. Mais, quelques heures plus tard, la situation a totalement changé. Les pirates avaient réussi à s'introduire dans la citadelle et fait prisonnier l'équipage.

Le 16 janvier, aux premières heures du 16, un navire de la marine japonaise, le destroyer Akebono (DE-201), sous le commandement des forces maritimes combinées (Combined Task Force 151), et le navire de la marine indienne, le destroyer INS Kochi (D64), sont arrivés à proximité du navire détourné, rejoignant le Victoria. Des échanges continus d’informations ont eu lieu entre les navires ^résents.

Au petit matin du 18 janvier, un membre de l'équipage du bateau piraté a dû être évacué vers l'INS Kochi, pour y être soigné. L'équipe médicale de la frégate espagnole restant « en soutien, disponible, si nécessaire » précise le QG d'Atalanta à Rota.

Mardi (19 décembre), selon les dernières informations, le MV Ruen se trouvait entre Eyl et la péninsule de Xaafun (Somalie). La frégate espagnole a pu le suivre en permanence, même à l'intérieur des eaux territoriales somaliennes, grâce à « une autorisation ad hoc accordée par le gouvernement fédéral somalien ». Dans l'après-midi, il a quitté la zone pour des raisons logistiques, dans l'après-midi.

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)

V2 - mis à jour avec les informations de suivi entre le 15 et 19 janvier

Die Experten sind sich einig: Ein ehemaliger Abfahrer aus Frankreich trägt die Verantwortung für einen der schrecklichsten Parcours seit der Erfindung vom Super-G!

Heute Abend ist es so weit: Ab 19 Uhr verwandeln nationale und internationale Grössen die St. Jakobhalle in Basel in ein Musik-Mekka. Blick TV überträgt die Mega-Party live.

Plant Daniel Jositsch den Austritt aus seiner Partei? In der SP macht sich Sorge breit. Denn: Er hat die Leitung der SP-Gruppe im Ständerat abgegeben.

L'axe Cotonou Hanoi se renforce. Les deux états ont signé ce jeudi un mémorandum, en vue d'une coopération renforcée dans les domaines tels que le commerce, l'investissement, les télécommunications, la formation professionnelle et l'agriculture

Les ïmages

Nous reviendrons

Frankreich und auch Deutschland hat bei den interinstitutionellen Verhandlungen zwischen der Kommission, dem Rat und dem Europäischen Parlament erneut gegen die Aufnahme von Vergewaltigung in die EU-Richtlinie zur Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen gestimmt.

Mit 26 genug vom Profisport? Ist ganz leicht, wenn der Sport nur noch eine Belastung ist.

Im nächsten Jahr können sich die Sauber-Fans – nach fünf Jahren – wieder offiziell mit ihrem Team identifizieren. Nach der Mogelpackung namens «Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake» lebt der Name Sauber wieder auf.

Après le succès de sa première édition, SOLEIL HEC reprend les rênes de son événement phare en proposant la deuxième édition d’Eurêka, une compétition nationale […]

L’article Eurêka 2.0 : Une compétition organisée par le club estudiantin SOLEIL HEC est apparu en premier sur .