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Rural people in Southern Africa are increasingly suffering both directly and indirectly from global fragility and crises. Effective ways to build resilience to these crises and respond...

Description: This EU-funded programme - 23.2 M EUR, including EUR 18.2 million from the EU and EUR 5.0 million from Belgium - has the objective to...

Sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) are practices to produce more from given land, water or other natural resources, while protecting the environment and increasing economic and social...

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...

This study was conducted to develop a better understanding of the scope, challenges, and opportunities for integrating smallholder farmers’ organizations (SFOs) in IFAD-financed projects in the East and Southern Africa (ESA)...

Faced with a triple health, economic, and social crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) have been called on by members and partners to play a variety of roles...

The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has launched a Crisis Response Initiative to ensure that small-scale farmers in high-risk countries can produce food over...

Since 1979, IFAD has funded 17 rural development projects in Madagascar for a total of US$434.285 million. Four projects are currently ongoing. The goal of the IFAD country...

For millions of poor people in East and Southern Africa, bamboo has huge potential to alleviate poverty, protect the environment and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Africa...