Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty
IFAD is helping countries in the region mainstream adaptation and mitigation activities in their development strategies. One focus is supporting poor women and men to leverage their traditional knowledge and practices to face the challenges of climate change. In areas of Egypt, Jordan and the Sudan with a high dependency on climate-sensitive agriculture, IFAD-supported projects are introducing adaptive strategies for farmers and other vulnerable social groups dependent on fragile resources. Water management and water harvesting and storage are key activities across the region. IFAD provides technical expertise for simple practices, such as introducing climate-resilient crops or capturing and storing floodwater, that conserve resources and build the resilience of rural communities. IFAD grant projects are designed to pilot innovative approaches and introduce new technologies that build poor rural communities’ resilience to the effects of climate change and stimulate the exchange of ideas and practices across regions. One regional grant helps farmers build resilience to salinity, water logging, drought and high temperatures through crop and livestock diversification.