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This working paper proposes five recommendations that Multilateral Development Banks can adopt to implement capital adequacy reforms in a way that supports National Development Banks in transforming...

The Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP), led by FAO and IFAD, will direct $252 million in project financing and $2.2 billion in co-financing to 32 countries. The FSIP...

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...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to serious economic and livelihood challenges, especially for the rural communities of India. However, despite these challenges, there are many examples...

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...

Pulses have long been an important element of India’s food and nutrition security. With 29 percent of Indians following a vegetarian diet (Gonmei and Toteja 2018), the consumption...

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...

This report presents selected achievements and lessons from the growing portfolio of fisheries and aquaculture investments supported by IFAD. The introduction summarizes key issues and gives an overview of IFAD-supported actions...

Despite substantial social and economic gains, 270 million people in India are poor and 217 million poor people live in rural areas. Limited employment...