Knowledge

To help strengthen country systems, IFAD and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization developed BuildPROC, a three-levels online certification programme in procurement for agricultural and rural development. 

This course introduces IFAD’s project cycle.

This course explains IFAD's vision for rural transformation and how Environment and Climate, Nutrition, Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion are interrelated.

This course provides an overview of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in IFAD-financed projects.

China has experienced rapid rural transformation in the past four decades, accompanied by a rise in rural household income and a fall in rural poverty. This paper examines provincial rural transformation and its major outcomes.

This course explains the Project Completion Report.

This course introduces IFAD’s Project Start-up, explains why a Project Delivery Team (PDT) should strive for a swift project start-up and what it can do to facilitate this.

This course outlines each step of IFAD’s project design.

This report examines the universe of agritech and fintech providers that influence access to finance in East and Southern Africa, exploring their potential to become commercially viable and achieve scale.

IFAD was the first international financial institution to lend to China. Since 1981, IFAD has worked with China to eliminate extreme poverty, increase
food security and nutrition, and promote agricultural and rural development.

This diagnostic provides an assessment of Kenya’s remittance market, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, using a market-oriented approach. 

This course enhances understanding and knowledge of the types of supervision missions.

This Ghana country diagnostic was prepared in accordance with the PRIME Africa goals.

The Gambia country diagnostic has been prepared in accordance with the PRIME Africa goals, to provide more in-depth analysis and additional evidence for the areas of action identified in the country road map.

The course enhances knowledge of IFAD’s Project Cycle, its key milestones and the roles of key actors involved in project implementation.

This course introduces the key principles and approaches to integrate digital solutions into IFAD’s work.

Canada and IFAD have a long-standing partnership to end poverty and hunger. Both are invested in inclusive and sustainable transformation, particularly for rural populations.

This note identifies SAI practices implemented in 17 East and Southern Africa countries and recommends best approaches to promoting SAI in ESA and beyond.

The Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition Project (SIGHT) aims to reduce poverty and improve national food security among Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan by providing a package of support to boost small-ruminant productivity.

Resilient Food Systems promotes a holistic approach to enhancing agricultural productivity and restoring degraded landscapes in smallholder farming systems. This report showcases the achievements and innovations of the programme in 2022 across 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

This booklet highlights the stories of some of the participants to the Community-based Agricultural Support Project in rural Tajikistan.

IFAD’s strategy in Mozambique is to contribute to rural transformation by strengthening nutrition and agriculture linkages and focusing more on value chains and food systems.

The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) was established at COP23 to address six topics in the agricultural sector's role in climate change.

Since IFAD’s establishment in 1977, the Netherlands has been a reliable partner and contributor, supporting IFAD’s core budget with a total of US$717 million and placing itself among the Fund’s five top donors.

To date, 12 projects have been conducted in the country, at a total cost of US$950.48 million, with IFAD financing amounting to US$309.08 million. An estimated 1,565,500 households have benefited directly.

Germany and IFAD place small-scale farmers and rural people – especially women and youth – at the heart of their development priorities for achieving a world with no hunger (Sustainable Development Goal 2). 

With over half of its geography situated more than 3,000 metres above sea level, only about one quarter of Tajikistan’s land is suitable for agriculture. Yet, agriculture is the backbone of the country’s economy.

IFAD’s strategic focus is closely aligned with Japan’s official development assistance priorities, including promoting food security and nutrition.

Cette étude de cas montre comment l'adoption d'une approche holistique des systèmes alimentaires sensibles aux enjeux nutritionnels peut conduire à des résultats durables.

This technical manual and the accompanying brief were compiled for the Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project, undertaken in Nigeria and Ghana from 2020 to 2023.