How to Do Note: Designing Gender Transformative Approaches in the Context of Women’s Land and Resource Rights

In partnership with CIFOR-ICRAF, IFPRI, and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, IFAD piloted the design, testing and adaptation of GTAs across six IFAD projects in countries where addressing gender dimensions was critical for project success. Lessons from the initiative, which ran until 2024, inform this How to Do Note, which aims to facilitate wider adoption and scaling of GTAs for women’s land and resource rights.

How to do note: The ecosystem approach to decent rural youth employment

This practical guide provides actionable strategies to strengthen agribusiness ecosystems that support rural youth employment and entrepreneurship, enhance collaboration among governments, private sector actors and youth organizations, and scale innovative approaches that create decent wages and self-employment opportunities for rural youth.

Investing in rural people in Guinea-Bissau

This factsheet outlines IFAD’s work in Guinea-Bissau, including context, strategy and ongoing operations.

Investing in rural people in Yemen

This factsheet outlines IFAD’s work in Yemen, including context, strategy and ongoing operations.

Investing in rural people in Chad

This factsheet outlines IFAD’s work in Chad, including approach, strategy and ongoing operations.

Empowering Veterinary Services in Kyrgyzstan: Success stories from the Access to Markets project

This photobook showcases the impact of the Access to Markets project on pastoralist communities and smallholder farmers in Kyrgyzstan.

Theory of change for gender transformative programming for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture

This technical note presents the theory of change for gender transformative programming for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture.

Step-by-step guide to integrating a gender transformative approach throughout the project cycle

This guide explains how to integrate a gender transformative approach into projects focused on food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture.

Community‑based seed-revolving mechanisms in Kyrgyzstan

This paper presents an overview of the Community Fodder Seed Programme in Kyrgyzstan through which community seed funds support farmers affected by natural disasters in mountainous regions. It also examines the operational and technical aspects required to create community seed funds.