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How to do Note: Designing for and monitoring resilience for vulnerable rural households
November 2022
The RDMT aims at providing a framework for building the resilience of rural households and a step-by-step guide to designing for and monitoring the performance of resilience-building interventions during project implementation.
IFAD Strategy and Knowledge Department Learning Note #2
September 2022
This Learning Note showcases the methodology used for assessing the impacts of IFAD's investments on the livelihoods and lives of its project participants.
Sustainable and resilient Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems for improved nutrition
May 2022
This toolbox provides guidelines on how to design and assess food biodiversity and dietary diversity projects with local communities, with the aim of improving the diets and nutrition of Indigenous Peoples.
How to do note: Integrating the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) in IFAD operations
March 2022
This note provides practical guidance on how to roll out the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) for IFAD-funded projects.
Understanding market demand: How to use focus group discussions in the development of inclusive insurance
February 2022
Understanding market demand is a critical step in the process of developing solutions to meet the risk management needs of rural poor people, particularly with regard to insurance.
Agricultural and climate risk insurance for smallholder value chains: Identifying common challenges and solutions
November 2021
This brief identifies and describes the principal challenges, and outlines possible solutions that development programmes can support.
How to do note: Seeking, free, prior and informed consent in IFAD investment projects
October 2021
This note offers practical guidance for IFAD staff, consultants and in-country partners for seeking FPIC in the design and implementation of IFAD-funded projects and programmes, in compliance with IFAD policies and procedures.
Making agricultural and climate risk insurance gender inclusive: How to improve access to insurance for rural women
October 2021
IFAD’s technical assistance programme INSURED (Insurance for rural resilience and economic development) has been building knowledge about how to strengthen women producers’ access to climate risk insurance.
IFAD communications toolkit
August 2021
Communications is key to help poor rural people build better lives. And this toolkit has been created to help us all get the job done.
Knowledge Management Resource Centre
August 2021
A resource for IFAD staff and consultants, project staff and partners who want to learn more about KM.
Rapid prototyping for inclusive insurance: Testing customer challenges and gaining early insights on feasibility
June 2021
Prototyping aims to gather direct feedback on the solution and the wider insurance scheme, incorporate changes before pilot testing, and make any additional adjustments before the official roll-out.
Model terms of reference for the selection of a service provider for: Agricultural and climate risk insurance feasibility studies
June 2021
These are model terms of reference (ToRs) for use by project designers and implementers in development organizations and governments. The objective of the ToRs is to support the contracting a specialized service provider to carry out one or more agricultural and climate risk insurance feasibility studies within the context of an IFAD-financed project or similar initiative.
Model terms of reference: Technical assistance in the development and implementation of agricultural insurance
June 2021
The ToRs include an outline of the required steps and processes, a timeline and a list of deliverables, together with information on the profile of the service provider or team of experts.
How to do note: Access to land for rural youth employment and entrepreneurship
April 2021
This How-to-do Note on access to land for rural youth employment and entrepreneurship complements the Toolkit on land tenure in IFAD-financed operations that highlights the importance of strengthening tenure security for rural development.
How to do note: Crop selection for diet quality and resilience
March 2021
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework.
How to do note: Market needs and emerging opportunities assessment in NUS value chains
March 2021
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework.
How to do note: Promote neglected and underutilized species for domestic markets
March 2021
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework.
How to do note: Interventions in support of NUS export markets
March 2021
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework.
How to do note: Mainstreaming NUS in national policy for nutrition outcomes
March 2021
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework.
Operational guidelines on IFAD’s engagement in pro-poor value chain development
January 2021
These guidelines address recommendations on ensuring that IFAD’s pro-poor value chain development projects reach out to women and the very poor, apply a programmatic approach when needed, promote an inclusive value chain governance, work with the appropriate expertise and partners, and build capacity for implementation.