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Climate Action Report 2022
December 2023
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
December 2023
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
December 2023
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)
December 2023
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
December 2023
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
December 2023
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.
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The Qatar–IFAD partnership
November 2023
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
November 2023
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
November 2023
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
November 2023
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
November 2023
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
November 2023
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
November 2023
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
November 2023
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.
IFAD Impact Report 2022
November 2023
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.
Investing in rural people in Uganda
November 2023
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.
Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
November 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
November 2023
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
November 2023
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
October 2023
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
October 2023
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
October 2023
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.
Bolivia: The Economic Inclusion Programme for Families and Rural Communities (ACCESOS)
October 2023
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.
Vietnam: Project for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mekong Delta (AMD)
October 2023
The project mainstreamed climate-informed socio-economic development plans in two provinces.
Cambodia: Agricultural Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE)
October 2023
ASPIRE implemented a demand-driven approach to agricultural extension services, fostering innovation through new policies and strategies.
Tajikistan: Livestock and Pasture Development Project II
October 2023
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.
Kyrgyzstan: Livestock and Market Development Programme II
October 2023
This project empowered local communities and promoted more sustainable pasture management practices for more responsible pasture usage.
INSURED results 2018-2023
October 2023
This brief shares the results and lessons learned from the first phase of the Insurance for Rural Resilience and Economic Development (INSURED) programme.
The Austria-IFAD partnership
September 2023
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
September 2023
This paper finds that investing in rural women helps achieve climate goals, while simultaneously addressing gender inequality and poverty.