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Stories of Resilience: Rural India in Pandemic Times
This publication documents some of these examples stemming from IFAD-supported livelihood projects in the most remote and fragile parts of India.
Agri-SME Finance: Navigating volatility in the wake of the war in Ukraine
This learning brief summarizes the challenges, opportunities, and responses of agri-SMEs, financiers and development partners to the current food crisis.
Financial Management e-learning course
This course covers key Financial Management (FM) aspects, with focus on IFAD-specific project FM requirements. The course provides key information on FM aspects and strengthen the skills of FM professionals.
Engaging smallholder farmer communities to develop index-based insurance
This knowledge brief explores the benefits of and rationale for community engagement in index insurance initiatives, with examples from a pilot project in rural Ethiopia.
IFAD Strategy and Knowledge Department Learning Note #1
The Strategy and Knowledge Department (SKD) Learning Note #1 captures lessons about the design and supervision of Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects and lays out some possible recommendations, in order to build IFAD’s capacity and continue strengthening the partnership with GCF.
The Free, Prior and Informed Consent Advantage: Action for empowerment in Latin America
This publication explores how FPIC is solicited through consultation and the participation of communities and local institutions at specific stages of the project cycle.
Food system interventions with climate change and nutrition co-benefits: A literature review
This desk review explores the evidence on climate change mitigation and adaptation measures with nutrition co-benefits, and vice versa.
GeoTech4Tenure: Technical guide on combining geospatial technology and participatory methods for securing tenure rights
This technical guide provides orientation for project designers and implementers on how to combine participatory methods and geomatics technology to strengthen legitimate tenure rights in land-based investments.
IFAD Annual Report 2021
See how IFAD charted a new path to help build the resilience of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 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.