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Mapping Rural Development: How to use GIS to monitor and evaluate projects
This practical manual provides guidance on how to use geographic information systems (GIS) in the monitoring and evaluation of rural development projects.
Formulating a Climate Resilience Community Village Plan
This How To Do Note provides guidance on building climate-resilient livelihoods through natural resources management.
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.
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.
Research Series 70: Do not transform food systems on the backs of the rural poor
Although the importance of inclusion in food system transformation is gaining traction, this paper argues that recent research and discourse on the topic is insufficient and that specific actions are needed to ensure that this transformation does not take place on the backs of the rural poor.
Sustainable and resilient Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems for improved nutrition
This toolbox provides guidelines on how to design and assess food biodiversity and dietary diversity projects with local communities, with the aim of improving the diets and nutrition of Indigenous Peoples.
Investing in rural people in Rwanda
Since 1981, IFAD has financed 19 rural development programmes and projects in Rwanda, for a total amount of US$358.04 million, and directly benefiting about 1,540,157 rural households.
Investing in rural people in Kenya
Since 1979, IFAD has invested US$455.09 million in 20 programmes and projects in Kenya (at a total cost of US$980.31 million), in support of the Government’s efforts to reduce rural poverty.
Policy brief: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) - Indigenous peoples-driven development pathways
This policy brief explains what FPIC is, how IFAD seeks FPIC, and examples of how IFAD and indigenous peoples are working together with FPIC.
Resilient Food Systems Programme Highlights 2021
Resilient Food Systems (RFS) promotes a holistic approach to enhancing agricultural productivity and restoring degraded landscapes in smallholder farming systems. This report showcases the achievements and innovations of the programme across 12 countries in 2021.
استخدام نظام المعلومات الجغرافية كمنهجية محتملة لتقدير تأثيرات تدخلات الصندوق الجانبية (غير المباشرة)
ويوثق هذا التقرير كيف يمكن استخدام أساليب نظام المعلومات الجغرافية والبيانات الثانوية كمجموعة أدوات تكميلية لإجراء تقديرات الأثر عندما يتعذر إجراء مقابلات شخصية.
Côte d’Ivoire: Making small-scale farmers resilient to climate change
The Agricultural Value Chains Development Programme (PADFA) seeks to improve post-harvest activities (packaging, storage, processing and marketing) for rice, vegetables, and mango in Côte d’Ivoire.
Nutrition Glossary
This glossary provides standardized terms in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish in order to share knowledge and widen understanding of nutrition.
Transforming Food Systems: Directions for Enhancing the Catalytic Role of Donors
Based on the work of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development over the last two years, this white paper presents a set of responses and priorities for donor engagement and a menu of options for future donor commitments.
Research Series 69: Structural and rural transformation and food systems: a quantitative synthesis for LMICs
Using country-level data from 85 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), this paper outlines a food systems index (FSI) and analyses the linkages between food systems and structural and rural transformation, as well as population distributions.
Research Series 68: Exploring a food system index for understanding food system transformation processes
This paper explores the prospects for a food system index (FSI) capturing several key components that influence differences in food system performance at the country level.
Research Series 67: Towards food systems transformation – five paradigm shifts for healthy, inclusive and sustainable food systems
This paper highlights five fundamental paradigm shifts that are required to overcome trade-offs and build synergies between health and nutrition, inclusive livelihoods, environmental sustainability, and food system resilience.
IFAD and the European Union: Partnering to transform rural realities
This report looks at how the EU and IFAD have leveraged the partnership to develop new approaches that scale up actions to drive innovation in public-private sector partnerships, financing models, and pro-poor agricultural research, as well as supporting farmers’ networks.
Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is one of the countries with the largest number of different ethnic groups in the world. The history of these ethnic groups extends beyond human memory.
India: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
Internationally, the ‘Scheduled Tribes’ (STs) of India are generally referred to as ‘Indigenous Peoples (IPs)’. However, the Government of India emphatically rejects equating Scheduled Tribes (STs) with IPs even while abiding by the operational directives of bilateral and multilateral agencies with regard to IPs while operationalising projects with their financial aid.
How to do note: Integrating the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) in IFAD operations
This note provides practical guidance on how to roll out the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) for IFAD-funded projects.
How to do note: Knowledge gap mapping
This How-to-do note outlines how an internal knowledge gap mapping exercise can be put together to derive meaningful inferences.
Catalogue of Geospatial Tools and Applications for Climate Investments
This catalogue features innovative geospatial tools and real life case studies from IFAD’s operations, to give a flavour of how and where IFAD uses such technology.