Knowledge
المعرفة
المعرفة
Search Results Filters
نتائج البحث
Project implementation models in the NEN region: A synthesis of lessons and best practices
To capture and systematize findings on programme implementation models, IFAD’s Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia (NEN) office reviewed models that are proving successful in boosting programme efficiency or capturing key project implementation lessons.
Guide to formulating gendered social norms indicators in the context of food security and nutrition
This guide provides assistance on formulating indicators to measure changes in gendered social norms in the context of food security and nutrition.
Engagement with smallholder farmers’ organizations in IFAD operations: Impacts and lessons learned from the East and Southern Africa Region
This study was conducted to develop a better understanding of the scope, challenges, and opportunities for integrating smallholder farmers’ organizations (SFOs) in IFAD-financed projects in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region.
MobileRemit Africa
MobileRemit Africa is a key instrument of the Platform for Remittances, Investments and Migrants’ Entrepreneurship in Africa (PRIME Africa) initiative, co-financed by the European Union and initially implemented in seven African countries along with their main remittance corridors.
حالة الأمن الغذائي والتغذية في العالم 2022
With eight years remaining to end hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition (SDG 2), the world is moving in the wrong direction.
Investing in rural people in Viet Nam
This country fact sheet outlines IFAD’s strategy to eradicate poverty in Viet Nam, which focus on developing market-led innovations that aid poor people.
Research Series 85: Financing climate adaptation and resilient agricultural livelihoods
Moving to a process that contributes to improving rather than endangering livelihoods is the challenge that climate change adaptation and resilience-building efforts currently face.
Research Series 84: Farmed animal production in tropical circular food systems
In this review, the role of farmed animals in circular food systems in the tropics is presented in four case studies.
Research Series 83: The future of farming: who will produce our food?
In this report, we highlight past trends and explore possible future trajectories of smallholder farming to predict who the farmers of the future are.
Research Series 82: Contributions of information and communication technologies to food systems transformation
Using a food systems approach, this paper reviews existing evidence and discusses the conditions, rural population segments, and timelines needed to achieve desired outcomes.
Research Series 81: Food and water systems in semi-arid regions – case study: Egypt
This paper explores the role of water in Egypt’s food system and the dilemma the country faces: raise food self-sufficiency by allocating freshwater resources from the Nile to food production, or rely on food imports from water-abundant regions worldwide.
Research Series 80: How can different types of smallholder commodity farmers be supported to achieve a living income?
The paper finds that short- to medium-term interventions are most effective for improving the livelihoods of poor farmers, including food security and health, off-farm employment, and social assistance.
Research Series 79: The position of export crops banana and cocoa in food systems analysis with special reference to the role of certification schemes
In this paper, the certification requirements and schemes of two export commodities—banana and cocoa—are discussed using food system analysis.
الزراعة الإيكولوجية: مسار شامل نحو نظم غذائية مستدامة
تطبّق الزراعة الإيكولوجية مبادئ إيكولوجية على الزراعة وتضمن الاستخدام المتجدد للموارد الطبيعية وخدمات النظام الإيكولوجي، مع معالجة الحاجة لنظم غذائية منصفة اجتماعيا يمكن للأشخاص فيها اختيار ما يأكلونه وكيفية إنتاجه.
Investing in rural people in Ethiopia
IFAD’s strategy in Ethiopia focuses on providing smallholder farmers, pastoralists and agropastoralists with the critical assets they need to enhance productivity and resilience. These include natural resources, technology, finance, institutional capacity and access to markets.
بـرايم أفريكا
منصة التحويلات المالية، والاستثمارات، وريادة أعمال المهاجرين في أفريقيا
مذكرة سياساتية في الوقت المناسب عن النظم القادرة على الصمود: التحرك إلى أبعد من أزمة كوفيد-19
وتنظر المذكرة السياساتية في الوقت المناسب هذه في أثر جائحة كوفيد-19 على النظام الغذائي في باكستان، وتقدم توصيات بشأن الإجراءات والتعديلات السياساتية الرئيسية من أجل جعل النظم الغذائية أكثر قدرة على الصمود في وجه الصدمات في المستقبل.
Research Series 78: The Small and Medium Enterprises’ quiet revolution in the hidden middle of food systems in developing regions
This paper explores the rise of SMEs in transforming food systems—from traditional, to transitional, to modern.
Research Series 77: The role of trade and policies in improving food security
Developing competitive and inclusive food value chains requires domestic macroeconomic policies to improve the agricultural sector’s business environment and create outside opportunities, and sector-specific targeted measures to promote smallholder participation in competitive value chains by reducing market access costs.
Research Series Issue 76: Upscaling of traditional fermented foods to build value chains and to promote women entrepreneurship
This paper explores how traditional processing of fermented foods can be scaled up while enhancing functional food properties and strengthening local value chains.
المشاركة مع القطاع الخاص في الشرق الأدنى، وشمال أفريقيا، وأوروبا، وآسيا الوسطى: تعلم الدروس من الميدان
وتقدم هذه الوثيقة نظرات متعمقة في تحديات وفرص بناء شراكات بين القطاعين العام والخاص، وإمكاناتها في تحويل النظم الغذائية في الإقليم.
أداة الصندوق متعددة الأبعاد لتقدير الفقر: مذكرة إحاطة عن سلسلة تتبع النظم الغذائية القادرة على الصمود (RFS TRACK)
وتقدم مذكرة الإحاطة هذه معلومات أساسية عن أداة تقدير الفقر متعددة الأبعاد، ودراسات حالة من مشروعات في كينيا وإسواتيني.
Research Series Issue 75: Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations
This paper argues that food systems transformation should incorporate a dietary perspective that is guided by information on diets, dietary trends, consumer motives, and the food environment characteristics.
Research Series 74: Women’s empowerment, food systems, and nutrition
This background paper examines the linkages and interactions between women’s empowerment, food systems, and nutrition.
Research Series 73: Food systems and rural wellbeing: challenges and opportunities
This paper provides a framework for assessing the dynamics of rural wellbeing and food systems change.
استجابة الصندوق لتأثيرات الحرب في أوكرانيا: مبادرة الاستجابة للأزمات (CRI)
يوضح هذا الموجز العناصر الرئيسية لاستجابة الصندوق للتأثيرات العالمية للحرب في أوكرانيا. هدفنا هو حماية مكاسب التنمية وسبل عيش سكان الريف الفقراء ، مع تعزيز قدرتهم على الصمود ، مع التركيز على البلدان الأشد فقرا والأكثر تضررا.
SAFIN Annual Progress Report 2021
Greening our food systems to deliver healthier and more nutritious food sustainably cannot be done without financially empowered agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SMEs).
Multiple roles of farmers’ and producers’ organizations in responding to the Covid-19 crisis
Faced with a triple health, economic, and social crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) have been called on by members and partners to play a variety of roles in response to the crisis.
Research Series 72: Climate change and food system activities - a review of emission trends, climate impacts and the effects of dietary change
This article reviews how food system activities contribute to climate change and how dietary changes affect food systems. It shows that while emissions from food production are increasing in most regions, emissions from land use change are decreasing.
Research Series 71: Urbanizing food systems: exploring opportunities for rural transformation
This paper shows that while anticipated increases in food demand by 2050 can largely be met regionally, potential yield increases or diversification will not contribute automatically to inclusive rural transformation. Instead, urbanization may potentially increase rural inequality and poverty.