The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is a United Nations agency dedicated to helping advance and invest in the lives of rural people around the world through low-interest loans and grants. IFAD seeks to empower rural people to increase their food security, improve the nutrition of their families and increase their incomes through funding of grants and low-interest loans to several projects. IFAD works in areas where poverty and hunger are most prominent.
Projects
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Supporting ReSAKSS and CAADP
From 2006 to 2020, IFPRI facilitated the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) to support the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development……
Publications
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Book Chapter
Impact of climate change on trade in Africa
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Book Chapter
Global food security concerns and agricultural trade: Building a responsible and effective relationship
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Book Chapter
Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view
Events
![IFPRI South Asia Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/publications_2.jpg)
IFPRI South Asia Discussion of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) was officially launched on April 07 and highlights the critical role that inclusive food systems can play, looking specifically at the obstacles and opportunities as well as the tools and technologies for building inclusive food systems. COVID-19 is having an immense impact on our health and food systems […]
![Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/5.jpg)
Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns
Structural transformation in Southeast Asia poses challenges to the region’s food security and inclusive agricultural growth agenda. Integration of agricultural markets within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is high on the policy agenda given the current pressure on moving towards the establishment of a common market. This process though may prove unattainable unless appropriate policies […]
![Pro-WEAI: A New Tool for Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Development Projects](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/tXCH1yAPMfogpw4kP8AOFpTkxMuUdkVaAd0fZ_nvSmg.jpg)
Pro-WEAI: A New Tool for Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Development Projects
The pro-WEAI is a new survey-based index that builds on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and is adapted for project use with a closer focus on aspects of empowerment related to health and nutrition. The index is being developed by IFPRI’s Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), a learning and capacity-building initiative […]
Blogs
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Adapt, assess, progress: Integrating measures of women’s empowerment into rural development projects
A new tool developed by IFPRI and IFAD.
![Sowing the seeds of resilience among smallholder farmers in Bangladesh](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/tahera.png)
Sowing the seeds of resilience among smallholder farmers in Bangladesh
Benefits of climate-smart strip-planting.
Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia: Promoting sustainable and resilient agriculture intensification through regional cooperation
Fostering a paradigm shift for smallholders.