U.N. rural development agency IFAD to open 1st Japan office

A Rome-based U.N. agency that aims to eradicate hunger and poverty in developing countries by investing in rural areas signed an agreement with Japan earlier this month to open its first liaison office in the country.The International Fund for Agricultural Development plans to open the office in Yokohama near Tokyo, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said, with an opening date yet to be determined. The body comprising 177 member states currently has liaison offices in Riyadh, New York and Washington.IFAD President Gilbert Houngbo and Hiroshi Oe, Japan's ambassador to Italy and permanent r…READ FULL ARTICLE