Knowledge

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.

ASPIRE implemented a demand-driven approach to agricultural extension services, fostering innovation through new policies and strategies.

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.

This project empowered local communities and promoted more sustainable pasture management practices for more responsible pasture usage.

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.

The project mainstreamed climate-informed socio-economic development plans in two provinces.

This brief shares the results and lessons learned from the first phase of the Insurance for Rural Resilience and Economic Development (INSURED) programme.

This report outlines key findings and actionable outcomes for both remittances and diaspora-impact investments.

Austria and IFAD are committed to building a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient future and to jointly eradicating poverty and hunger around the world.

 This paper finds that investing in rural women helps achieve climate goals, while simultaneously addressing gender inequality and poverty.