Investing in rural people in China
      October 2019

      In 1981, IFAD became one of the first international donors to finance operations in China. IFAD is the only one of China’s development partners dedicated exclusively to reducing poverty and increasing food and nutrition security in rural areas.

      Investing in rural people in India
      October 2019

      IFAD has been working in India for more than 40 years. The current country strategic opportunities programme is fully aligned with the government’s policy framework. 

      How to do note: Mainstreaming nutrition into COSOPs and investment projects
      October 2019

      This How-to-do Note is a practical step by step operational guidance on mainstreaming nutrition in IFAD-supported country strategies and investment projects for use by IFAD staff, consultants and partners.

      Research Series Issue 40: Local-economy impacts of cash crop promotion
      October 2019
      This is the first study to quantify the general equilibrium impacts of introducing a new cash crop into a poor isolated economy, including impacts on environmentally sensitive fishing activities.

      Investing in rural people in Egypt
      October 2019

      Egypt is IFAD’s largest recipient of financial assistance in the Near East and North Africa. It was one of the first countries to receive IFAD financing. 

      The Food Loss Reduction Advantage: Building sustainable food systems
      September 2019
      Around one third of the food globally produced is estimated to be lost or wasted along the supply chain. These losses affect disproportionally developing countries.

      Investing in rural people in Bangladesh
      September 2019
      IFAD has worked in Bangladesh for almost 40 years. It has supported 31 projects, costing a total of US$1,929.8 million, with IFAD financing of US$717.2 million. 

      Investing in rural people in the Pacific Islands
      September 2019
      For almost 40 years, IFAD has been financing initiatives in the Pacific to help rural people improve their lives. In recent years, resources, outreach and membership have expanded. 

      Food loss analysis: causes and solutions – Case studies on sorghum, maize and cowpea in Burkina Faso
      September 2019

      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. 

      Food loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies
      September 2019
      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 maize and rice in the Democratic Republic of Congo
      September 2019
      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.

      Research Series Issue 39: Smallholder farming, growth linkages, structural transformation and poverty reduction
      September 2019
      There are different views around the future of smallholder agriculture and its potential to contribute to the needed transformations of agriculture and rural economies. 
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