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Operations Academy: ICT4D in Agriculture - Digital Rural Finance

February 2024

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

February 2024

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

February 2024

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

February 2024

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.

Jordan Photobook: Rural Economic Growth and Employment Project

February 2024

This photobook offers a glimpse into the Rural Economic Growth and Employment Project in Jordan.

The Food of Viet Nam: 34 traditional dishes cooked by the rural people and ethnic minority groups of Viet Nam

February 2024

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

February 2024

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.

Investing in rural people in the Pacific Islands

February 2024

IFAD supports Pacific Island countries to develop inclusive, productive, resilient and sustainable food systems that are community-driven.

The Brazil–IFAD partnership

February 2024

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

February 2024

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?

December 2023

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

December 2023

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

December 2023

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

December 2023

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

December 2023

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

December 2023

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

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.

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