After a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami in 2022 forced thousands, including Siotame, to leave their homes, communities on the main island of Tongatapu have struggled with limited land and...
In Pakistan, 30% of the total population is poor, and an additional 20 million people have been declared vulnerable. 61% of the population live in rural areas and 44% work in the agriculture sector...
Muhammed Sanwal and Muhammed Abbas are two friends from the same town in Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Like many other young people, they struggled to find work - until they came across the Southern P...
IFAD brings together rural people in remote areas with the governments, multilateral and bilateral partners, global funds, private investors, producer and farmer organizations to deliver investment...
Le Sommet Africa Forward, prévu les 11 et 12 mai au Kenya, réunit des chefs d’État et des dirigeants qui façonnent l’agenda de développement du continent africain. À cette occasion, le Président du...
Held on 11–12 May in Kenya, the Africa Forward Summit brings together Heads of States and leaders shaping the continent’s development agenda. At the summit, IFAD President Alvaro Lario will contrib...
IFAD works with remote communities who are living and farming far from markets and economic opportunities. Nowhere are small-scale farmers quite as isolated as in the island countries of the Pacifi...
As India advances its vision of Viksit Bharat@2047, IFAD’s new Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP) 2026–2033 aligns IFAD’s investment in India with the country’s evolving priorities. ...
The Pacific Islands are home to vibrant cultures, rich ecosystems, and resilient communities.
Yet across the region, countries face growing challenges dealing with extreme weather conditions,climat...
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is creating severe disruptions for smallholder farmers and producers around the world and exposing the global food system’s structural vulnerabilities to ext...
75% of the world’s pepper is grown in Asia but in Cambodia, farmers are concentrating on growing organic varieties seen as far superior.
In recent years, pepper farmers like Som have seen their in...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is the only international financial institution exclusively focused on transforming rural economies.
IFAD invests in rural people and the...