Stories

Meet some of the inspiring women IFAD supports as they, in turn, bolster the people around them.

Young members of indigenous communities are working to reverse centuries of dispossession and preserve their way of life, including their food heritage. 

Irrigation brings water to the world's poorest rural people in the right quantities and when they need it, helping farmers adapt to climate pattern shifts.

An inside look at how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can help map projects and lift rural people out of poverty.