Yamini Lohia

@UN comms cog at @IFAD. Writer. Fangirl. Gallivanter. Diver. @USC & LSR alum. Ex-@UNDP_India @UNinIndia @IndianExpress @livemint & @timesofindia. Views my own

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

@ThaiAirways What about Kolkata to Bangkok TG314? I arrived at the airport to find that it is 3 hours late.

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

"Investing in water infrastructure, climate-resilient agriculture, rural finance and market access can prevent shocks from turning into emergencies."

-- @IFADPresident Alvaro Lario at #UNGA81 👇

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

From voice-based crop alerts to chicken feed made from food waste -- #Youth4Laos finalists from 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇱🇦 pitched their digital agriculture solutions to policymakers in Vientiane.

On #YouthDay, listen to what these bright students have to say about their time in Lao PDR 👇

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

It's been a busy few days for our #Youth4Laos finalists from 🇱🇦🇯🇵🇰🇷

The students saw the PICSA project, co-financed by @IFAD and the Government of Lao PDR, in action.

Country Director Enika Basu shares key highlights of their visit to the field👇

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

Passing the phone challenge: #Youth4Laos Edition 🤳

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

📢 @IFAD's 2025 Annual Report has just landed!

Regional Director @ReehanaRaza shares #IFADImpact for the Asia-Pacific:

🌏Enhanced the lives of almost 30 million rural people
🍚Helped 2.5 million families access better nutrition
🪙Provided 26,000 people with financial services

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

What does US$1 get you? A bag of chips? A pack of gum?

At @IFAD, far more: every dollar received generates US$6 of high-impact investment at the first mile of food systems.

That return looks like a smallholder farmer adapting to climate change or an agri-business taking off 👇

[IFAD Asia @IFADAsia]

Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises are the backbone of our food systems. But too often, they remain under served due to lack of investment and access to markets.

@IFAD is stepping in to empower rural entrepreneurs grow their businesses. On #MSMEDay, read how 👇

[Ramesh Ramachandran @RRRameshRRR]

In conversation with Donal Brown, Associate Vice-President, Department for Country Operations, International Fund for Agricultural Development

WATCH:

https://t.co/9H1nbaKvXR

[Ministry of Finance @FinMinIndia]

Ms. Anuradha Thakur, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, @FinMinIndia and, Mr. Donald Brown, Associate Vice President @IFAD launched the Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP) 2026–2033, marking a significant step in strengthening rural prosperity, at the IFAD–India Day event held in New Delhi today,

Aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047, the strategy aims to enhance the social, economic, and climate resilience of rural communities, strengthen grassroots institutions such as SHGs, FPOs, and cooperatives, and scale proven development models across India and the Global South.

The IFAD–India Day platform brought together key stakeholders to reflect on nearly five decades of partnership and chart the next phase of collaboration focused on impact, innovation, and knowledge sharing.

A strong step towards building inclusive, resilient, and market-oriented rural economies at scale.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/i6y7jYwL7r

[Shrayana B @BShrayana]

Four years of #DesperatelySeekingShahRukh and we are still holding on. Thanks to readers and bookshops who continue to be kind to the book. Now, back to studying our Uncle-o-cracy.

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

@AmexIndia hey, make it easier to cancel bookings online. Need to cancel a hotel booking but can't find an email. Phone numbers won't connect from where in the 🌍 I am now. You need to have an alternative means of connection. Can't just be phone.
Very frustrating.

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

Ummm are all https://t.co/vQLUQ5Q9bb websites down or is it just me?

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

At @JahaneKhusrau, where the organizers are treating people shabbily. Been here since 5.30 & there is no food here & no info on when the show will begin (it was supposed to be at 6).

Presumably we're waiting for the PM but who knows, they haven't bothered to tell us a thing.

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

Why is so much of the Indian chatterati so enamored of DOGE? #cringe

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

Things that never seem to change: respect for women's autonomy and words

Wrestling Federation of India office is back to its old address – home of sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan Singh
https://t.co/uEpyV7ZOGu
@IndianExpress

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

LA, thinking of you.

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

Colour me excited for Netflix's 100 years adaptation - the early reviews are quite excellebt.

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

One of the saddest, most powerful things I have read.

This is happening now, in front of us, in 2024. Hard to continue to believe, in the face of this & other atrocities, that the arc of the moral universe is bending towards justice.

https://t.co/tdWwm7zZXC

[Yamini Lohia @ylohia]

"Ultimately, Trump’s one redeeming feature is his incompetence," says @michelleinbklyn in this excellent rumination.

But this might be too optimistic a reading https://t.co/QsuPZOkWmo