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The Gender Network, with more than 2,000 members, has the goal of increasing IFAD’s impact on gender equality and strengthen women’s empowerment in poor rural areas. 

This HTDN complements the IFAD Toolkit along with the 2018 HTDN on Pastoralism, which highlights the importance of gender in pastoral production systems.

Transformer les systèmes alimentaires pour une alimentation saine et abordable.

This report offers practical guidance on how IFAD can support the engagement of marginalized young people, paying specific attention to their diverse and complex needs and addressing the real causes of their discrimination.

Ces trois documents de travail étudient les moyens d’optimiser l’impact des envois de fonds distribués via les bureaux de poste.

 

 

For SAFIN, the year 2019 was a time of learning from experience and from dialogue.

Rice farmers in the mid-hills region of Nepal are vulnerable to drought, which can drastically reduce yields. Stress-tolerant rice varieties can mitigate this vulnerability, as can having a high seed replacement rate and using best management practices in rice cultivation.

The Russian Federation and IFAD share a common commitment to reducing poverty, improving food security and achieving more sustainable economic growth for small-scale farmers and other vulnerable rural populations.

The Rural Communities Development in the Poorest Areas of the State of Bahia (Project Gente de Valor) was designed to strengthen the capacity of rural communities to thrive in the drought-prone environment of Brazil's north-east region through improved access to water, increased productive capacity, and empowerment of participating communities. 

This document presents an approach for mainstreaming renewable energy technologies in IFAD's operations as a way to speed up rural poverty alleviation efforts. 

L’objectif principal du PROPA-O est d’accélérer les progrès vers la réalisation des OMD-1c; en l’occurrence réduire de moitié la proportion des personnes qui souffrent de la faim à l’horizon 2015 au Burundi.

 

 

This report explores food systems in the Arab States and the policies that support them. 

This is a baseline report for the impact assessment of the Yield Uganda Investment Fund (YUIF), an investment fund that provides targeted financing to small and medium agribusinesses (SMAs) to help them overcome barriers to accessing capital.

Baseline report for the impact assessment of the Yield Investment Uganda Fund (YUF), an investment fund that provides targeted financing to small and medium agribusinesses (SMAs) to help them overcome barriers to accessing capital.

Le Fonds d'investissement pour l'entrepreneuriat agricole (ou Fonds ABC) investit dans les petits exploitants agricoles et les PME rurales des pays en développement afin de soutenir des chaînes de valeur agricoles durables et inclusives.

 

IFAD remains one of the most important technical and financial partners in Sao Tome and Principe's rural sector, and its work has sparked the development of strategies and mechanisms to support poor rural populations, especially women, and their effective inclusion in relevant development interventions.

Cette formation vise à offrir aux bénéficiaires de dons du FIDA des orientations claires sur les exigences en matière de gestion financière pendant la mise en œuvre du projet.

Unlocking opportunities for rural entrepreneurs and farmers in the sub-Mekong region.

This brief highlights a project in Niger that is tackling climate change and land degradation and scaling up sustainable natural resource management for family farming.

Discover how the Resilient Food Systems programme is enhancing long-term sustainability and resilience for food security in sub-Saharan Africa.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers great potential for international financial institutions to accelerate knowledge generation and strengthen data-driven decision making. 

This study reviews evidence on initiatives that invest in climate-resilient infrastructure to support smallholder farmer organizations and agribusinesses in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) category and, ultimately, to foster inclusive and sustainable agricultural value chains. Case studies from the BRACED and ASAP programmes across sub-Saharan Africa are presented.

Las desigualdades de género todavía están muy marcadas en los países andinos a pesar de la mayor atención que se está dando a la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de la mujer. 

This report summarizes the key facts about, and current observations on, the status of gender and social inclusion within the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region.

Aujourd’hui, nous sommes à un tournant décisif – après des progrès sans précédent, la lutte contre la faim marque le pas et les succès enregistrés ces dernières décennies sont en passe d’être annulés. 

Established in February 2018 and entirely devoted to smallholder agriculture and rural development, the China-IFAD SSTC Facility is taking concrete actions to alleviate rural poverty, enhance rural productivity, advance rural transformation and promote investments among developing countries. 

Rapport à la septième session du Forum Paysan, en conjonction avec la quarante-troisième session du Conseil des Gouverneurs du FIDA.

Evidence suggests that smallholder family farms are more sustainable, better at protecting biodiversity, more inclusive and more productive per unit of land than other kinds of farms.

Le FIDA est la seule institution multilatérale de développement qui s’attache exclusivement à transformer les économies rurales et leurs systèmes alimentaires. Il oeuvre dans des régions reculées des pays en développement et dans des situations de fragilité, là où peu d’organismes d’aide ou d’institutions financières internationales s’aventurent.

This photo essay describes the different types of changes in the life of women that are participating in the JP RWEE.