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This brief provides an overview of the Investing in Livelihood Resilience and Soil Health in ACP Countries (ILSA) programme in Kenya, funded by the European Union and implemented by IFAD. ILSA Kenya...

Agriculture plays an important role in African economies, despite low productivity compared to other continents and lagging participation in global value chains. There is also an unmet...

Nicaragua is among the ten countries with the highest vulnerability to extreme weather events globally. Increases in temperature threaten the production of coffee and cocoa, which account for a large portion...

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensied the already critical situation of maize production in Kayonza, largely due to smallholder farmers' restricted access to vital extension services and training...

Handbook for Scaling Irrigation Systems is a joint publication between IFAD and IFC on how to develop and scale innovative solutions to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and increase crop...

Food system analysis is used to understand relations between the production, distribution, and consumption of agricultural products. Many export commodities commodities are facing “consumer concerns”...

Harvesting rainwater increases the water available for drinking, domestic and agricultural use. In East and West Africa and South-East Asia, water can be harvested on 40-70 per cent...

Main Messages The world is hotter today than it has been for 12,000 years; the last seven years have been the hottest on record. On every...

The project’s overarching goal is to strengthen rural livelihoods for greater income, improve food security and nutrition and integrate approaches to mitigate the impact of climate change.