Topics we cover
IFAD provides a strong global platform for discussing rural policy issues – and for increasing awareness about why investment in agriculture and rural development is critical to reducing poverty and improving food security. The wide-ranging topics covered in this section highlight how experience in the field can be transformed into operations-oriented learning and knowledge.
In focus
- Report on IFADs Development Effectiveness (RIDE)
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Republic of Nicaragua: National Agricultural Technology and Training Programme - Technical Assistance Fund Project Performance Evaluation
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- Call for proposal: Scaling-up empowerment through household methodologies: from thousands to millions
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Arab Republic of Egypt: West Noubaria Rural Development Project - Project Performance Evaluation
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- Call for proposals: Use of conservation agriculture in crop-livestock systems in the drylands for enhanced water use efficiency, soil fertility and productivity in countries in the Near East, North Africa and Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean
Download recent publications
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Investing in rural people in the United Republic of Tanzania
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Conservation agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
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The Biodiversity Advantage: Global benefits from smallholder actions
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Engaging with farmers’ organizations for more effective smallholder development
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The Drylands Advantage: Protecting the environment, empowering people
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The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) presents a short animated awareness video to explain how agricultural risk management (ARM) can significantly contribute to improving the resilience of vulnerable rural households by increasing their capacity to absorb and adapt to risks. Discover how three farmers in Uganda how they have found ways to manage their risks...