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The Food Loss Reduction Advantage: Building sustainable food systems
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions - Case studies on maize and rice in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The objective of these studies is to estimate the qualitative and quantitative losses, to highlight the critical points of loss and to identify the main causes of the losses.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies
This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
Food loss analysis: causes and solutions – Case studies on sorghum, maize and cowpea in Burkina Faso
The objective of this study is to estimate the qualitative and quantitative losses along the sorghum, maize and cowpea supply chains, to highlight the critical points of losses and to identify the main causes of the losses.
Research Series Issue 39: Smallholder farming, growth linkages, structural transformation and poverty reduction
Gender-transformative adaptation - From good practice to better policy
Supporting nutrition-sensitive agriculture through neglected and underutilized species: Operational framework
IFAD’s support for the better use of agrobiodiversity with specific reference to neglected and underutilized species (NUS) and a greater recognition of the traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples are important for fighting food and nutrition insecurity
Policy brief: Investing in nutrition
Collection of sustainable land management technologies practices by smallholder farmers in Lao PDR
Working towards sustainable land management - A collection of SLM technologies from Cambodia
Impact assessment: The Coastal Community Development (CCDP)
Harnessing smallholder potential for wheat production in Africa – reducing wheat import bills
Leaving no one behind: making the case for adolescent girls
PARM Annual Progress Report 2018
Projet d’Appui à l’Intensification et à la Valorisation Agricoles du Burundi (PAIVA‑B) - Les resultats
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019
Fighting poverty with bamboo
Support to Farmers Organizations in Africa Programme (SFOAP): Completion Report
IFAD Annual Report 2018
Learn about IFAD's work, investments and results in our 2018 Annual Report.
Stocktake of the use of household methodologies in IFAD’s portfolio
2019 Rural Development Report
IFAD’s RDR 2019 finds that this enormous rural youth population can pay a rich dividend in terms of social and economic growth – but only if they are given the right opportunities.
An outlook on Asia’s agricultural and rural transformation: Prospects and options for making it an inclusive and sustainable one
If the success of Asian countries in transforming their rural economy is measured by the extent to which poverty has declined over the past 20 years, there is no question that their transformation can be regarded as one of the major achievements in human history. However, new problems are overtaking the older ones and Asia is now entering a critical part of its history.
Investing in rural people in The Gambia
Since 1982, IFAD has supported 10 programmes and projects in The Gambia totalling US$93 million and directly benefiting more than 155,000 rural households.
Investing in rural people in Guinea-Bissau
Closing the gaps: Public policy note for the inclusion of a gender and intercultural perspective in agriculture and rural development
The purpose of this note is to support dialogue to consider the gender equality approach and the cultural approach in policies for food security, productivity, and rural development.
Investing in rural people in Guinea
Research Series Issue 38: Meta-evidence review on the impacts of investments in agricultural and rural development on Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2
International Day of Family Remittances booklet 2019
Investir dans les populations rurales en République islamique de Mauritanie
Investir dans les populations rurales au Sénégal
Au Sénégal, le FIDA suscite et accompagne les initiatives locales qui visent à améliorer la sécurité alimentaire, à augmenter les revenus des ruraux pauvres, à créer des emplois pour les jeunes et les femmes notamment et à améliorer leurs conditions de vie.
Soy papa no papá: Historias de cambios destacables y resultados del proyecto FIDA-CIP Andes
Grant Results Sheet: E-Project for Agricultural Development and Economic Empowerment (E-PADEE)
funding from the Republic of Korea in partnership with IFAD.
Investir dans les populations rurales au Cabo Verde
Depuis 1978, le FIDA a financé 5 projets et programmes de développement rural au Cabo Verde, pour un montant total de 49,9 millions d’USD.
Investir dans les populations rurales au Mali
Depuis 1982, le FIDA a financé 13 projets au Mali pour un coût total de 537 millions USD, dont 229 millions sous forme de prêts à conditions particulièrement favorables.
Research Series Issue 37: Determinants of cofinancing in IFAD-funded projects - A call to rethink development interventions
Impact assessment: PAPAFPA and PAPAC
Guidelines for Impact Evaluation of Land Tenure and Governance Interventions
Agricultural risk management for development
Research Series Issue 36: Who works in agriculture?
Food loss analysis case study methodology
Impact assessment: Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP)
BAPA+50 - Achieving rural transformation through South-South and Triangular Cooperation
This paper is a contribution to the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC) (UN, 1978), which gave birth to what is known today, in the UN system and beyond, as “South-South and Triangular Cooperation" (SSTC).
Scaling up e-learning
Climate Adaptation in Rural Development (CARD) Assessment Tool
The Climate Adaptation in Rural Development – Assessment Tool (CARD) is a platform to explore the effects of climate change on the yield of major crops.
Impact assessment: Plan VIDA-PEEP to Eradicate Extreme Poverty – Phase I
The African Agriculture Fund (AAF) Technical Assistance Facility (TAF): Impact brief
Research Series Issue 35: Climate change mitigation potential of agricultural practices supported by IFAD investments An ex ante analysis
This study estimates the mitigation potential of agricultural practices supported by IFAD’s current investments in order to provide guidance for the design of future investments.
Guidebook for mobilizing inclusive remittances for rural investment
Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development 2018 – Official Report
This report presents the highlights and key outcomes of the first country-led Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development, hosted by Bank Negara Malaysia in collaboration with IFAD and the World Bank Group.
The Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility: Linking grass-roots indigenous peoples’ organizations and the international community
Indigenous and tribal peoples and ethnic minorities are disproportionately represented among the rural poor. Many of the poorest communities of indigenous peoples are difficult to reach through mainstream development programmes.
The Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility (IPAF) - Assessment of the performance of the fourth IPAF cycle
Research Series Issue 34: Farm size and productivity - Lessons from recent literature
IFAD Results Series Issue 3
Impact assessment: Agricultural Sector Development Programme–Livestock (ASDP-L) and Agriculture Service Support Programme (ASSP)
Research Series Issue 33 - The impact of the adoption of CGIAR's improved varieties on poverty and welfare outcomes: A systematic review
Grant Results Sheet: Innovative beef valuechain development schemes in Southern Africa
Impact assessment: Guangxi Integrated Agricultural Development Project
Impact assessment: Rural Development Support Programme in Guéra
Impact assessment: Project for Rural Income through Exports in Rwanda
Impact assessment: Irrigated Rice Production Enhancement Project
Impact assessment: High-Value Agriculture Project in Hill and Mountain Areas
Improving smallholder wheat‑legume production systems for enhanced climate change adaptation and food security
Sorghum in East and Central Africa: more than food
Food security in the context of climate change: from knowledge to action
“Fruiting Africa” for health and wealth
IFAD in Sudan: Linking rural women with finance, technology and markets
Impact Assessment: Community-based Forestry Development Project in Southern States (DECOFOS)
Impact Assessment: Livestock and Pasture Development Project
Policy brief: Harnessing the role of rural people to promote more inclusive and equal societies
2018 Socioeconomic Survey Report: The Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool in The Kingdom of Lesotho
This report describes the design, process, and results of the multidimensional socioeconomic survey
conducted in 2017 for the Wool and Mohair Promotion Project (as a baseline) and for the Smallholder Agriculture Development Project (as an end term) in the Kingdom of Lesotho.