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The RDMT aims at providing a framework for building the resilience of rural households and a step-by-step guide to designing for and monitoring the performance of resilience-building interventions during project implementation. The methodology offers...

Highlight Amid rising challenges posed by climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic shocks, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) doubled down...

The impacts of the war in Ukraine are shaking global food systems to the core, compounding the vulnerability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Those who will most...

Creating a policy landscape that aligns rural poverty alleviation with food systems transformation requires a better understanding of: the wide set of inequalities and vulnerabilities affecting...

Even before the pandemic, there was a push to transform food systems for better nutritional, health, and environmental outcomes. In 2019, several publications argued for major changes in agricultural...

Urbanization is transforming food systems across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Increases in economic inequality, combined with growing urban populations, are expected to pose a risk...

The road to a resilient future and building back better needs to be inspired by indigenous peoples and their food systems. Indigenous peoples are the custodians of large natural...

KEY MESSAGES After remaining virtually unchanged for five years, the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) increased 1.5 percentage points in 2020 – reaching a level...

The Climate Action Report 2019 provides an overview of IFAD’s work on climate change and reports on progress, challenges and achievements in every work area where climate is accounted...