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The Japan-IFAD partnership
IFAD’s strategic focus is closely aligned with Japan’s official development assistance priorities, including promoting food security and nutrition.
Developing Gender Transformative Approaches through Gender Analysis for Enhanced Women's Land and Resource Rights
In-depth gender analyses examined the relationship between local context, gender and land rights in six countries.
Securing Women's Resource Rights through Gender Transformative Approaches: Learning Exchange
This Learning Exchange Series shared insights and lessons on securing women’s resource rights through gender transformative approaches.
Securing Women's Resource Rights through Gender Transformative Approaches: A socio-legal review
This series of socio-legal reviews summarizes the legal and policy documents related to women’s land tenure in seven countries.
Investing in rural people in Lesotho
IFAD is sustainably transforming rural areas in Lesotho into resilient and economically productive environments, enabling rural people to sustain their livelihoods and overcome poverty and malnutrition.
Case Study: The Impact of the Enhancing Livestock and Livelihoods Programme in Zambia
This case study highlights the achievements of E-SLIP in various domains, including disease control, forage production and capacity building.
Investing in Livestock for Improved and Resilient Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Action
This position paper outlines five recommendations for livestock investments to deliver better climate outcomes while supporting livelihoods and nutrition.
Country Advisory Services
Country Advisory Services provide timely and relevant knowledge, data and evidence for selected IFAD Member States. They also support improved policy frameworks and IFAD operations.Country Advisory Services provide timely and relevant knowledge, data and evidence for selected IFAD Member States. They also support improved policy frameworks and IFAD operations.
Project Brief: Improving Agricultural Resilience to Salinity through Development and Promotion of Pro-poor Technologies (RESADE)
RESADE is improving food security, agricultural productivity and incomes of poor smallholder farmers in salinity-affected areas in seven countries. It does so by introducing salt-tolerant crops, using suitable agronomic management practices, developing value chains for new crops, building capacity, influencing national development policies, providing good quality seeds.
Project Brief: Agricultural Transformation in Nigerian Federal States and Togolese Regions Towards Achieving Zero Hunger
Increasing food demand is a key concern in Nigeria and Togo as price increases exacerbate poverty. The project improves food security and agricultural productivity within the rice and cassava value chains by introducing resilient crop varieties, improving crop management practices and implementing enabling policies.
Programme Brief: Agroecological Transitions for Building Resilient and Inclusive Agricultural and Food Systems
This brief describes the Agroecological Transitions programme which empowers farmers in low- and middle-income countries to make climate-informed agroecological transitions.
Photobook: Nurturing rural livelihoods in the Niger Delta
The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project in southern Nigeria helps unemployed rural youth and women make a living from agriculture by developing entrepreneurial skills.
Supporting rural households during the pandemic: Results and evidence from IFAD’s Rural Poor Stimulus Facility
From a total of 64 RPSF projects, a sample of 13 projects were chosen to undergo a rapid assessment. Results indicate that the RPSF helped up to 2.9 million households maintain or increase many development and welfare indicators, including production, income and food security.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report 2024 presents the latest updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including updated estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets.
PARM Annual Report 2023
This report provides a detailed overview of the results achieved by the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) in 2023.
Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems: Lessons Learned from the SAMRIDDHI Rural Enterprises and Remittances Project in Nepal
This brief presents the lessons learned the Nepal SAMRIDDHI Rural Enterprises and Remittances Project.
Updated approach to IFAD engagement in fragile situations
In response to today’s increased fragility, IFAD has updated its operational approach to supporting rural people in fragile situations.
China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation Facility: Annual Progress Report 2023
This Annual Report showcases the accomplishments of the Facility throughout 2023. It offers a comprehensive overview of the Facility’s portfolio, project highlights, improvements in project management and communication efforts. It also proposes future actions to enhance the Facility’s impact.
The IFAD in Asia and the Pacific newsletter - Issue 20
IFAD’s Asia Pacific newsletter captures inspirational storytelling and in-depth research from across the region.
Stocktake of IFAD value chain projects in the Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia region
This stocktaking document reviews IFAD-funded value chain projects in the Near East, North Africa and Europe region. It highlights main issues and challenges, including targeting and lack of capacity.
IFAD Annual Report 2023
IFAD’s Annual Report 2023 describes how IFAD is innovating to assemble more finance to invest in rural people and how it is evolving to have even greater impact on the ground.
The Norway-IFAD Partnership
IFAD and Norway share a vision of a world without poverty and hunger.
The Donor Platform's 2023 Annual Report
2023 marked the Platform’s 20th anniversary. This report highlights the activities and results in catalysing change and harmonizing impact, with a focus on sustainable and blended financing for ending hunger, donor coordination and better data for food systems and rural development.
Promoting financial inclusion through digitalization of remittances
This report highlights the transformative power of digital solutions to enhance financial inclusion and reduce remittance costs.
IFAD Remittance Innovation Toolkit
This toolkit provides guidance on improving access to secure and swift remittance services through enhanced identity verification and customer due diligence (CDD) practices.
Policy Brief: Unlocking the Cassava Treasure
This policy brief on the Supporting and Strengthening Community Resilience in Tanzania project provides recommendations for policy formulation and implementation regarding the export of cassava chips to neighbouring countries.
China-IFAD SSTC Facility New Project Factsheets
The factsheets provide a short overview of the projects’ objectives, planned activities, outputs and partnerships.
IFAD13 Core Additional Climate Contributions: Enhancing IFAD’s climate work
This brief outlines why Additional Climate Contributions matter and how they will work.
Maximizing Sustainable Pasture Management in Georgia: A Holistic Policy Perspective
This research paper provides a detailed analysis of pasture management in Georgia.
Strengthening value chains and transforming rural communities in Nigeria
The Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) develops cassava and rice value chains for smallholder farmers by building strong public–private–producer partnerships.
Infographic: IFAD13 at a glance
This infographic outlines the main elements of IFAD13, including our ambitions, targets, approaches and tools.
IFAD’s Newsletter on South-South and Triangular Cooperation – Issue 3
The third edition of Shared Development, IFAD’s South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) newsletter, highlights how we leverage SSTC as a tool for country programme delivery.
PRUNSAR Lessons Learned
This Lessons Learned document highlights two main approaches which were particularly effective for scaling research-based agricultural innovations under the PRUNSAR programme.
SAFIN Annual Progress Report 2023
The SAFIN Annual Progress Report 2023 captures the network’s achievements in fostering collaboration with the agricultural finance ecosystem, sharing market intelligence, advocating for small businesses and farmers, and building regional partnerships.
Enhancing Rural Finance Design and Implementation: Lessons from IFAD’s Operations in Egypt
This report examines the complexities of inclusive rural finance in Egypt, highlighting challenges and opportunities, and offering innovative solutions.
Investing in rural people in Türkiye
Türkiye is IFAD’s largest recipient of financial assistance in the Europe and Central Asia sub-region. IFAD investments contribute to reducing rural poverty in the upland areas of the country.
IFAD Project Procurement Annual Report 2023
The 2023 Project Procurement Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of IFAD's project procurement activities throughout the year.
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.
Investing in rural people in Zambia
The primary aim of IFAD’s work in Zambia is to increase the income and food security of poor rural people through sustainable, diversified and climate-resilient rural livelihoods.
Unleashing the Catalytic Power of Donor Financing to Achieve SDG 2
This report presents the findings and recommendations of an enquiry into sustainable finance in agrifood systems conducted by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development.
Guidelines for measuring gender transformative change in the context of food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture
In the framework of the EU-RBA Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition, these Guidelines aim at enhancing the capacity of research and development partners to design, implement, monitor and evaluate gender transformative interventions.
Djibouti: Programme to Reduce Vulnerability in Coastal Fishing Areas
This programme bolsters Djibouti’s climate adaptation and resilience by bridging multiple sectors, including fisheries, rural development and gender. This required considered coordination and communication among diverse stakeholders.
Mali: Fostering Agricultural Productivity Project
This project introduced a range of renewable energy technologies to enhance the lives of rural people. Biogas digesters were coupled with latrines and slurry storage was developed. Sustainable bio slurry will replace chemical fertilizers, allowing households to save money and consume healthier foods. Biogas digesters also alleviate burdens on women and reduce deforestation.
Sudan: Butana Integrated Rural Development Project
This project established a Natural Resources Governance Framework which enables communities to manage their natural resources sustainably and reduce conflicts between settled farmers and pastoralists.
Mozambique: Pro-Poor Value Chain Development in the Maputo and Limpopo Corridors
PROSUL introduced innovations across various value chains, including technology for vegetable production and improved cassava varieties. Moreover, the project built climate-resilient infrastructure, such as irrigation systems, multifunctional boreholes and cattle fairs.
The Gambia: National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project
The project introduced various innovations, including tidal irrigation for rice production, village gardens to grow fruits and vegetables, roads to improve market access, soil and water conservation and ecosystem restoration, such as agroforestry and mangrove planting.
PRUNSAR Knowledge Directory
This Knowledge Directory provides access to over 50 publications, videos, webtools and other knowledge products created under PRUNSAR which highlight methodologies, technologies and strategies for conducting effective agricultural research for development.
Food Systems Finance for Resilient Futures: A Multilateral Development Bank and National Development Bank Collaboration Roadmap
This working paper proposes five recommendations that Multilateral Development Banks can adopt to implement capital adequacy reforms in a way that supports National Development Banks in transforming food systems finance.
The Luxembourg-IFAD partnership
Luxembourg is a long-standing partner with development priorities that align with IFAD’s mandate.
IFAD Research Series 94: Engaging women in microfinance - a qualitative study of the Programme de Microfinance Rural in Mali
This paper outlines the results of a study on the Programme de Microfinance Rural in Mali. It explores the impacts on agency and use of resources in households, with a focus on the role of gender in addressing these issues.
Monitoring and Evaluation for South-South and Triangular Cooperation in IFAD
This brief explains how IFAD uses M&E at the corporate strategy, country strategy and project levels to maximise the impact of SSTC.
Results from the Rural Competitiveness Development Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The brief emphasizes the importance of community involvement in multi-stakeholder platforms and the need for adaptive strategies, like public-private partnerships, to ensure the long-term success of programmes.
Operations Academy: Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Theory of Change and Logical Framework
This course explains the Theory of Change and the Logical Framework in IFAD projects, the difference between the two and describes how to prepare them.
Operations Academy: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) during implementation course
This course explains the planning, monitoring and evaluation activities during project implementation. It describes the annual planning process, the need for continuous data collection and project monitoring at every project phase. It discusses field visits, supervision missions, special studies, M&E for capacity building, transforming data into meaningful information and the completion process.
Operations Academy: Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) plan
This course introduces the M&E plan, its purpose and the key actors who must prepare it. It also presents suggestions for the contents.
Operations Academy: ICT4D in Agriculture - Digital Rural Finance
This advanced course builds on the ‘Fundamentals of ICT4D in Agriculture course’ to enhance knowledge and capacity among IFAD staff and members of Project Management Units to integrate agricultural digital technologies into IFAD’s work.
Operations Academy: ICT4D in Agriculture - Value Chains, Market Access and Bundled Services
This advanced course builds on the ‘Fundamentals of ICT4D in Agriculture’ course to further enhance IFAD staff’s knowledge and capacity to integrate agricultural digital technologies into IFAD’s work.
Operations Academy: ICT4D in Agriculture - Natural Resource Management, Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation
This advanced course builds on the ‘Fundamentals of ICT4D in Agriculture’ course to further IFAD staff’s understandings of key principles and approaches to integrate digital solutions into IFAD’s work.
Lessons Learned from the Resilient Food Systems Programme
This publication presents the results of the Resilient Food Systems programme which aims to strengthen policy dialogue and decision-making in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Food of Viet Nam: 34 traditional dishes cooked by the rural people and ethnic minority groups of Viet Nam
This cookbook contains 34 easy-to-follow traditional dishes cooked by the rural people and ethnic minority groups of Viet Nam, and recognises their invaluable role in preserving the country’s cultural and biological diversity, inspiring an appreciation for the interconnectedness of food, culture and the natural world.
Building sustainable, climate-resilient rural livelihoods in Viet Nam
This photo book tells the stories of ten people who benefited from the Project for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta in the Ben Tre and Tra Vinh Provinces. Three years after the project closed, the rural businesses they built have proven to be sustainable, enabling them to escape poverty and contribute to the well-being of their families and communities.
Jordan Photobook: Rural Economic Growth and Employment Project
This photobook offers a glimpse into the Rural Economic Growth and Employment Project in Jordan.
Investing in rural people in the Pacific Islands
IFAD supports Pacific Island countries to develop inclusive, productive, resilient and sustainable food systems that are community-driven.
The Brazil–IFAD partnership
The strong partnership between IFAD and Brazil is based on a shared commitment to reducing poverty and pursuing innovative ways to assist rural communities.
IFAD Research Series 93: New methods to define and measure rurality in Latin America and their impact on public policies: the cases of Mexico and Panama
This paper outlines two index proposals for defining and measuring rurality: the relative rurality index and the contiguity of areas of similar densities.
Understanding the new agriculture and food agenda: How is the past shaping the future?
This paper examines to what extent, and how, donor approaches in agriculture, rural development and food systems have changed over the past 20 years, what are the main emerging issues, what should be done to address these and how these changes could shape the activities of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD).
Philippines: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
Various sources estimate the population of indigenous peoples in the Philippines at 12-15% of the current national population of 108 million, or a total of about 16-17 million.
Indonesia: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
Indonesia is comprised of 13.000 islands with a total area of 7 million km2. It has a total population of 273 million in more than 1.000 various ethnic and sub-ethnic groups with their own cultures and traditions.
Guidelines for Inclusive Agricultural Value Chains Development in Africa
These guidelines assess previous Agricultural Value Chains (AVC) development efforts across Africa, propose policies and strategies for developing AVC pathways, and identify the policy and institutional factors needed for successful implementation.
Cambodia: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
Indigenous Peoples of Cambodia represent 24 different groups, who reside mainly in the upland forests, plains, and mountains of the northern and north-eastern provinces.
From Rhetoric to Reality: Donor coordination for food systems transformation
This report provides practical guidance for donors and their partners to better coordinate and align for food systems transformation and rural development.
Climate Action Report 2022
This report presents the results of IFAD’s climate-focused finance and shows how IFAD combines up-to-date, robust knowledge on climate and sustainable agricultural development with easy-to-access financial mechanisms.
Supporting Rural Livelihoods Amid Rising Global Fragility: Learning from the effects of the Ukraine conflict in the southern African development community
This policy note takes stock of government responses to the impacts of the war in Ukraine on food, fertilizer and food.
White Paper: An integrated investment framework for climate-adaptive and water-resilient food systems
This white paper, produced by IFAD and the NDC Partnership, emphasizes the need for integrated investments in climate-adaptive, water-resilient food systems, addressing challenges, discussing case studies, outlining barriers and providing recommendations for a new financial execution model.
Rwanda: Climate-Resilient Post-Harvest and Agribusiness Support Project (PASP)
The Climate-Resilient Post-Harvest and Agribusiness Support Project pioneered the Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) model which combines weather data with farmers’ knowledge to enhance their decision-making.
Nicaragua: Adapting to Markets and Climate Change Project
The Adapting to Markets and Climate Change project influenced national policy for early warning and climate information for coffee and cocoa.
Angola: Agriculture and fisheries transforming rural lives and livelihoods
IFAD and the Government of Angola are working together to promote better and more diverse livelihoods for Angolans through rural and agricultural development. These projects and programmes create job opportunities, improve food and nutrition security, increase market access, build capacity, empower women and build rural people’s resilience.
The Qatar–IFAD partnership
The State of Qatar played a major role in the establishment of IFAD in 1977 and has been a key supporter of IFAD for the past 46 years.
The Kuwait–IFAD partnership
The State of Kuwait played a major role in the establishment of IFAD in 1977 and has been a key supporter of IFAD for the past 46 years.
The United Arab Emirates–IFAD partnership
The United Arab Emirates played a major role in the establishment of IFAD in 1977 and has been a key supporter of the Fund for the past 46 years.
The Saudi Arabia-IFAD partnership
Saudi Arabia is a founding member of IFAD and has been a key supporter of the Fund for the past 46 years. Since IFAD’s inception, Saudi Arabia’s financial and strategic support has been critical to combating poverty and strengthening food systems in developing countries.
The Belgium-IFAD partnership
The Kingdom of Belgium is a founding member of IFAD and has been a key partner to the Fund since its inception, shaping its strategic directions and sharpening its focus in support of the most vulnerable rural areas, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 50 per cent of IFAD’s resources are invested.
Promoting youth engagement in Northern Montenegro
This policy brief, based on the lessons and experience of the Rural Clustering and Transformation Project in Montenegro, describes how engaging youth in agriculture requires an enabling environment.
Uganda: Transforming rural economies for a better tomorrow
IFAD is working with the Government of Uganda to increase the income of rural households living in poverty and improve their food security and resilience.
Women transforming rural areas in Northern Montenegro
Montenegro’s Rural Clustering and Transformation Project highlights the imperative of integrating rural women into decision-making processes at all levels. This policy brief underscores the importance of enhancing rural women's education, training and job access.
Viet Nam: Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues
This report aims to provide the most recent information on the issue of Ethnic Minorities in Viet Nam in terms of the general situation, poverty reduction, impact of COVID-19, Government policies and programs as well as such as NGOs, ODA and IFAD in Viet Nam.
Investing in rural people in Uganda
This factsheet outlines IFAD’s strategy to reduce poverty in Uganda while improving their food security and reducing their vulnerability. It also outlines ongoing operations in the country.
IFAD Impact Report 2022
With its first Impact Report – which is aligned with ICMA’s Harmonised Framework for Impact Reporting for Social Bonds – IFAD demonstrates how the proceeds of private placement issuances have been invested in rural people, in particular smallholder farmers who are key to global food security and account for the majority of food production in some regions.
PRUNSAR: Catalogue of Innovations
This Catalogue of Innovations showcases 35 innovations generated and promoted by researchers and smallholder farmers across 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America under the PRUNSAR programme.
Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
The 2023 edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean presents an update of the data and trends in food security and nutrition in recent years.
ASAP Technical Series: Climate Information Services
This technical paper summarizes experiences and lessons learned on CIS, including from IFAD’s Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP).
Investing in rural people in South Sudan
IFAD has been engaged in South Sudan since 2011. Its long-term vision for the country is to gradually contribute to the reduction of food and nutrition insecurity and poverty among rural women and youth through inclusive and sustainable agriculture and livelihood transformation.
IFAD's Newsletter on South-South and Triangular Cooperation - Issue 2
The second edition of Shared Development, the IFAD newsletter on SSTC, focuses on interventions at the regional and country levels that target climate adaptation and resilience.
The Finland–IFAD partnership
IFAD and Finland share a vision of a world without poverty and hunger. At a time of cascading global crises and mounting vulnerability to climate
change among the world’s poorest people, the partnership between IFAD and Finland is committed to a mutual focus on supporting resilient, inclusive and sustainable food systems that can break the cycle of crises and enable small-scale farmers to improve their livelihoods.
The Italy-IFAD partnership
Italy and IFAD share a commitment to a world where people have access to affordable, safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Italy plays a key leadership role in strengthening the Fund’s financial architecture, which enabled IFAD to become the first United Nations fund to receive a credit rating (AA+) and the only development finance institution to systematically conduct impact assessments across its portfolio.
Cambodia: Agricultural Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE)
ASPIRE implemented a demand-driven approach to agricultural extension services, fostering innovation through new policies and strategies.
Bolivia: The Economic Inclusion Programme for Families and Rural Communities (ACCESOS)
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) piloted talking maps in Bolivia. This innovative tool brings together science and traditional community knowledge to identify key issues and adaptation priorities, giving Indigenous Peoples, women and youth a voice in decision-making.
Kyrgyzstan: Livestock and Market Development Programme II
This project empowered local communities and promoted more sustainable pasture management practices for more responsible pasture usage.
Tajikistan: Livestock and Pasture Development Project II
In the pursuit of sustainable rural development, the LPDP-II project empowered rural people, enabling them to establish Pasture User Unions and create Community Livestock Pasture Management Plans to address the degradation of pasture resources.
Vietnam: Project for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta (AMD)
The project mainstreamed climate-informed socio-economic development plans in two provinces.
INSURED results 2018-2023
This brief shares the results and lessons learned from the first phase of the Insurance for Rural Resilience and Economic Development (INSURED) programme.
GFRID Summit 2023: Outcomes Report
This report outlines key findings and actionable outcomes for both remittances and diaspora-impact investments.
The Austria-IFAD partnership
Austria and IFAD are committed to building a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient future and to jointly eradicating poverty and hunger around the world.
Scaling gender and climate investment opportunities
This paper finds that investing in rural women helps achieve climate goals, while simultaneously addressing gender inequality and poverty.
The France-IFAD partnership
France and IFAD share a commitment to ending poverty and hunger through sustainable rural development. Both place smallholder farmers and rural people at the centre of their agenda and recognize the crucial role of agriculture to increase food security, reduce poverty and mitigate climate change.
Rapid Evidence Assessment: The role of smallholder producers and small and medium-sized enterprises across the Food Systems Summit action tracks
This Rapid Evidence Assessment summarizes the role of smallholder producers and SMEs across the five Action Tracks associated with the Food Systems Summit 2022.
Investing in rural people in Sri Lanka
Altogether, IFAD has implemented 19 projects in Sri Lanka, benefiting 654,832 households at a total cost of US$654.57 million (with IFAD providing US$340.49 million in financing).
Draft Report for Feedback: IFAD13 Replenishment Report
The draft IFAD13 Replenishment report reflects the discussions of IFAD’s Member States held throughout the IFAD13 Consultation process, including in defining priorities, targets, and commitments to guide IFAD's work during the IFAD13 period, from 2025 to 2027.
A learning framework for inclusive, integrated and innovative public policy cycles for family farming
This framework was designed through a participatory process with various stakeholders. It aims to increase understanding of public policy cycles and family farming-related policies.
Youth and Jobs in The Era of Climate Change, Conflict and Crisis: An Evidence and Gap Map
This evidence and gap map (EGM) plots studies on the effectiveness of interventions for youth employment in developing countries in the context of climate change, conflict and crisis, demonstrating where evidence exists and where it is lacking.
INSURED Indonesia Country Update: Making climate risk insurance available to small-scale producers
IFAD’s INSURED programme has been working with partners in Indonesia to improve the availability of climate risk insurance that enables farmers to strengthen their resilience.
China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation Facility Project Factsheets
These factsheets highlight the achievements of 9 projects.
Digital solutions for rural development: STARLIT case studies
The Strengthening Agricultural Resilience through Learning and Innovation (STARLIT) project in Rwanda and Kenya used two digital tools to accomplish its goals of training smallholder farmers in good agricultural practices and of strengthening the capacity of saving and credit cooperative organizations (SACCO).
China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation Facility: Annual Progress Report 2022
The Annual Progress Report 2022 provides an overview of the Facility portfolio and highlights. Sixteen projects cover diverse regions and themes, including value chain development, climate-smart agriculture, rural financing, crisis response, gender equality, and more.
Investing in rural people in the United Republic of Tanzania
IFAD’s Executive Board approved its first loan to the United Republic of Tanzania in 1978 – the second loan ever approved by the board.
Photo Story: The Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility in Fiji
PIRAS is helping farmers get back on their feet and increase their income through crop diversification, engagement in food processing and expanded access to new markets. This brochure highlights the stories of some of the rural people supported by PIRAS.
The IFAD-GEF Advantage III: An integrated approach for food systems, climate and nature
This third edition of the GEF-IFAD Advantage highlights the partnership's advantages in various domains, including food systems, biodiversity, climate change adaptation and land degradation.
Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Applying the principle to on-the-ground action
This publication explores the lessons we are learning from the Indigenous Peoples’ Livelihoods and Climate Resilience Programme, supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
The Denmark–IFAD partnership
Denmark and IFAD share a long-standing partnership to fight poverty and hunger. Agriculture and the food sector are the basis of their common approach to promoting sustainable rural transformation, which is essential to tackling environmental degradation and climate change.
Country Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues in the Republic of Cameroon
The Republic of Cameroon has a multi-ethnic population, with the Baka, Bagyéli/Bakola, Bedzang, Montagnards and Mbororo identifying as indigenous peoples.
Impact Assessment of the Small and Medium Agribusiness Development Fund in Uganda: AMFRI
This report assesses the impact of the fund on farmers supplying AMFRI Farms Limited, which produces, processes and exports fresh, dry and frozen organic fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.
Impact Assessment of the Small and Medium Agribusiness Development Fund in Uganda: PRISTINE
This report assesses the impact of the fund on farmers supplying Pristine Foods Limited, a start-up producing and selling liquid, frozen and powdered eggs products.
Impact Assessment of the Small and Medium Agribusiness Development Fund in Uganda: PURA
This report assesses the impact of the fund on farmers supplying Pura Organic Agro Tech Ltd, an agro-processing company that produces cassava-based products.
A Series of Briefs on Country-level Policy Engagement
IFAD uses Country-level Policy Engagement (CLPE) to work with governments, farmers, organizations and other stakeholders. Through this collaborative process, IFAD promote inclusive and sustainable rural transformation policies.
Nourish the world, secure the future
This publication contains stories from rural Laos, documenting strategies, techniques, and practices used by rural small-scale farmers.
The IFAD in Asia and the Pacific newsletter - Issue 16
IFAD’s Asia Pacific newsletter captures inspirational storytelling and in-depth research from across the region.
IFAD Annual Report 2022
IFAD’s Annual Report 2022 provides milestones and highlights from IFAD’s work during 2022.
Policy brief: Low carbon and resilient livestock development in Kyrgyzstan
Pastoral and agro-pastoral systems, if well managed, are the best-suited and adaptive form of agriculture for the majority of Kyrgyzstan’s land area that is too dry, cold, or mountainous for crop farming.
2022 Year in Review: Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition
This year in review is a snapshot of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition in 2022.
A task list for multilateral agencies: the possibilities of Bridgetown
The policy brief focuses on the challenge of equitable and sustainable development for all and proposes a task list for multilateral development agencies and outlines potential for reform.
IFAD Research Series 92: Climate Change Mitigation in the East and Southern Africa Region: An Economic Case for the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use Sector
This report is a guide to shape investments by IFAD and other international donors in climate change mitigation actions in the East and Southern Africa region.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum.
The Laotian Cook: Traditional recipes from Northern Laos
This expansive culinary guide features voices from the smallholder farmers supported by IFAD and GAFSP-funded projects.
RemitSCOPE Africa Report 2023
This report uses the latest data to give an overview of remittances into and throughout Africa, looking at the drivers, trends, impact and potential.
INSURED - Insurance for rural resilience and economic development
INSURED is a technical assistance programme working to strengthen agricultural insurance in IFAD’s portfolio.
Addressing overweight and obesity in LMICs in rural development and food systems: A country mapping
This report combines the results of an exploratory country mapping commissioned by IFAD on overweight and obesity.
Addressing overweight and obesity in LMICs in rural development and food systems: A comprehensive literature review
This literature review explores how IFAD can contribute to food system transformation and mitigate the rising incidence of overweight and obesity in low and middle-income countries.
The Switzerland-IFAD partnership
IFAD and Switzerland are both advocating for a peaceful world with zero poverty and hunger. With more than 40 years of partnership, they are committed to working together for a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive future.
IFAD Research Series - Issue 91: Addressing overweight and obesity in LMICs in the realm of rural development and food systems
This paper presents the findings of a literature review of the main drivers of overweight and obesity, described using a food systems framework and illustrated with examples from five countries.
The USA-IFAD partnership
Sharing a vision on the importance of achieving a world without hunger and poverty – and the sustainable development interventions needed to get there – the United States and IFAD have been working together since IFAD’s inception in 1977.
The Spain–IFAD partnership
Spain is a founding member of IFAD and has contributed a total of US$105.76 million to the regular resources of the Fund since it was established in 1977. The partnership between Spain and IFAD focuses on investing in smallholder agriculture to ensure food and nutrition security.
The Sweden-IFAD partnership
IFAD and Sweden share a vision of a world without poverty and hunger and a commitment to support small-scale farmers to improve their livelihoods through the establishment of inclusive, resilient and sustainable food systems.
The Ireland-IFAD partnership
Ireland and IFAD share a commitment to empower rural people to overcome poverty and hunger through sustainable development.
Operations Academy: Risk Management
This course will give you an insight into the risk tools used during the project cycle.
Operations Academy: SECAP
This course introduces the main concepts of the updated Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures (SECAP).
SAFIN Annual Progress Report 2022
Rapid inflation in 2022 exacerbated the financing challenges faced by enterprises in the midstream of agricultural value chains.
Operations Academy: Country-Level Policy Engagement
This course introduces country-level policy engagement (CLPE) at IFAD.
Operations Academy: Country Strategic Opportunities Programmes (COSOPs) - Level 1
The Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP) trainings give an insight on what a COSOP is and how they are designed.
Operations Academy: Disability Inclusion in IFAD's Operations
This course introduces concepts related to disability inclusion.
Operations Academy: Economic and Financial Analysis
This course introduces the basics of Economic and Financial Analysis (EFA).
Operations Academy: Financial Management throughout the Project Cycle
This course covers financial management across the design, implementation and supervision stages of a project.
Operations Academy: Fundamentals of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) - Level 1
This course introduces monitoring and evaluation (M&E), together with the framework and tools which support the process.
Operations Academy: IFAD Operational Guidelines on Pro-Poor Value Chain Development
This training provides a detailed overview of IFAD's Operational Guidelines and explains when and how these guidelines are applied.
IFAD Results Series Issue 4 "Building Employment Opportunities for Rural Youth Through Applied Agricultural Research”
YEASA Results from the field.
BuildPROC
To help strengthen country systems, IFAD and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization developed BuildPROC, a three-levels online certification programme in procurement for agricultural and rural development.
Operations Academy: Introduction to IFAD Project Cycle
This course introduces IFAD’s project cycle.
Operations Academy: Mainstreaming priorities in IFAD operations
This course explains IFAD's vision for rural transformation and how Environment and Climate, Nutrition, Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion are interrelated.
Operations Academy: Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) in IFAD-financed projects
This course provides an overview of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in IFAD-financed projects.
IFAD Research Series No. 90: Rural Transformation, Income Growth and Poverty Reduction by Province in China in the Past Four Decades
China has experienced rapid rural transformation in the past four decades, accompanied by a rise in rural household income and a fall in rural poverty. This paper examines provincial rural transformation and its major outcomes.
Operations Academy: Project Completion Report
This course explains the Project Completion Report.
Operations Academy: Project Start-Up - Level 1
This course introduces IFAD’s Project Start-up, explains why a Project Delivery Team (PDT) should strive for a swift project start-up and what it can do to facilitate this.
Operations Academy: Strengthening project design - Level 1
This course outlines each step of IFAD’s project design.
Agritech and Fintech Providers in East and Southern Africa: A landscape assessment
This report examines the universe of agritech and fintech providers that influence access to finance in East and Southern Africa, exploring their potential to become commercially viable and achieve scale.
The China-IFAD partnership
IFAD was the first international financial institution to lend to China. Since 1981, IFAD has worked with China to eliminate extreme poverty, increase
food security and nutrition, and promote agricultural and rural development.
RemitSCOPE: Kenya Country Diagnostic
This diagnostic provides an assessment of Kenya’s remittance market, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, using a market-oriented approach.
Operations Academy: Supervision Mission & Mid-Term Review
This course enhances understanding and knowledge of the types of supervision missions.
RemitSCOPE: Ghana Country Diagnostic
This Ghana country diagnostic was prepared in accordance with the PRIME Africa goals.
RemitSCOPE: The Gambia Country Diagnostic
The Gambia country diagnostic has been prepared in accordance with the PRIME Africa goals, to provide more in-depth analysis and additional evidence for the areas of action identified in the country road map.
Operations Academy: Strengthening Project Implementation
The course enhances knowledge of IFAD’s Project Cycle, its key milestones and the roles of key actors involved in project implementation.
Operations Academy: Technology Transformation and Agriculture Fundamentals of ICT4D in Agriculture
This course introduces the key principles and approaches to integrate digital solutions into IFAD’s work.
The Canada-IFAD partnership
Canada and IFAD have a long-standing partnership to end poverty and hunger. Both are invested in inclusive and sustainable transformation, particularly for rural populations.
Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Practices - East and Southern Africa
This note identifies SAI practices implemented in 17 East and Southern Africa countries and recommends best approaches to promoting SAI in ESA and beyond.
Photobook: Supporting Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan
The Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition Project (SIGHT) aims to reduce poverty and improve national food security among Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan by providing a package of support to boost small-ruminant productivity.
Resilient Food Systems Programme Highlights 2022
Resilient Food Systems 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 in 2022 across 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Reducing rural poverty and enhancing food security in Tajikistan
This booklet highlights the stories of some of the participants to the Community-based Agricultural Support Project in rural Tajikistan.
Investing in rural people in Mozambique
IFAD’s strategy in Mozambique is to contribute to rural transformation by strengthening nutrition and agriculture linkages and focusing more on value chains and food systems.
Outcomes and lessons learned from the Koronivia UNFCCC negotiations on agriculture and food security, and the way forward after COP 27
The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) was established at COP23 to address six topics in the agricultural sector's role in climate change.
The Netherlands-IFAD partnership
Since IFAD’s establishment in 1977, the Netherlands has been a reliable partner and contributor, supporting IFAD’s core budget with a total of US$717 million and placing itself among the Fund’s five top donors.
Investing in rural people in Cambodia
To date, 12 projects have been conducted in the country, at a total cost of US$950.48 million, with IFAD financing amounting to US$309.08 million. An estimated 1,565,500 households have benefited directly.
The Germany-IFAD partnership
Germany and IFAD place small-scale farmers and rural people – especially women and youth – at the heart of their development priorities for achieving a world with no hunger (Sustainable Development Goal 2).
Tajikistan: Protecting the environment, creating economic opportunity
With over half of its geography situated more than 3,000 metres above sea level, only about one quarter of Tajikistan’s land is suitable for agriculture. Yet, agriculture is the backbone of the country’s economy.
Systèmes alimentaires en action: Burundi – un contexte socio-économique complexe
Cette étude de cas montre comment l'adoption d'une approche holistique des systèmes alimentaires sensibles aux enjeux nutritionnels peut conduire à des résultats durables.
Best management practices guidelines for small-scale tilapia cage aquaculture in Ghana and Nigeria
This technical manual and the accompanying brief were compiled for the Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project, undertaken in Nigeria and Ghana from 2020 to 2023.
Focus on Multi-Stakeholder Platforms: Lessons learned about their role in IFAD value chain projects
This note is part of a review of value chain projects in relation to farmers’ organizations and their role in multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs).
Access to Finance for Farmers’ Organizations: Evidence from a multi-country survey
This report offers new evidence to inform the design of suitable and timely financial products for farmer organizations, based on a survey of 220 farmers’ organizations in West Africa and Asia and the Pacific.
The China-IFAD SSTC Facility Brochure
Established in 2018, the China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Facility is a partnership between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and IFAD aiming to leverage knowledge, innovation, technology and resources from the Global South to tackle poverty and sustain food systems transformation.
Investing in rural people in Angola
In Angola, IFAD loans support efforts to improve food security and rebuild the livelihoods of poor rural people through rural and agricultural development.
Investing in rural people in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
IFAD began operations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 1978. Our strategy is to invest in rural people, empowering them to increase their food security, improve the nutrition of their families and increase their incomes.
Supporting Extension Services to Scale Up Sustainable Land Management: The potential of WOCAT’s tools and methods
This publication reviews lessons from applying the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Uganda.
Investing in rural people in Malawi
IFAD began operations in Malawi in 1981 and has provided US$731.96 million in financing (including partner cofinancing) for 14 programmes and projects benefiting more than 2 million households.
Expanding digital remittances and microfinance products towards financial inclusion in The Gambia
This PRIME Africa project enhances the financial resilience and economic empowerment of remittance families through cost‑effective, digitalized remittance flows and innovations for financial inclusion.
Pioneering cost reduction of cross‑border remittances through mobile wallets in The Gambia
This PRIME Africa project enhances the financial resilience and economic empowerment of remittance families through cost‑effective, digitalized remittance flows and financial inclusion innovations. It targets 17,000 remittance receivers and 17,000 remittance senders.
Promoting digital remittances through postal networks in Uganda
This PRIME Africa initiative enhances the financial resilience and economic empowerment of remittance families through cost‑effective digital channelling of remittance flows and financial inclusion innovations.
Promoting digital and financial inclusion through remittances and micro-savings in Ghana
This PRIME Africa project enhances the financial resilience and economic empowerment of remittance families through cost‑effective digital channelling of remittance flows and financial inclusion innovations.
Leveraging remittances to drive financial inclusion in rural Ghana
This PRIME Africa initiative enhances the financial resilience and economic empowerment of remittance families through cost‑effective digital channeling of remittance flows and financial inclusion innovations.
IFAD e-Learning Course: Impact Assessments
The accessible and easy-to-follow course combines the main underlying theories and methodologies of impact assessments with their application in real world situations. Participants will learn about preparing an impact assessment, principles of method selection, ethical issues, data collection, data preparation, analysis, interpretation and utilization.
Building Smallholder Farmers Resilience in Kayonza District: A Case Study of Starlit Project
The STARLIT (Strengthening Agricultural Resilience through Learning and Innovation) project is an IFAD-China SSTC Facility funded initiative which aims to strengthen the resilience of farmers in the maize value chain in Kenya and Rwanda.
Photo Story: Livestock for sustainable development in Zambia
During the COVID-19 pandemic, E-SLIP and RPSF helped poor people to be more resilient by providing livestock packages and access to market platforms, livestock insurance, water, and other resources. This booklet showcases the stories of these farmers.