IFAD 53d ago

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. India’s rural agenda is shifting from poverty reduction to rural prosperity, and IFAD’s comparative advantage lies in a shared commitment to inclusive rural transformation, smallholder prosperity, and resilient agricultural systems.   Watch how IFAD-financed programmes in India have generated nationally relevant and scalable models in areas such as market-linked smallholder development, farmer producer organizations, women’s economic empowerment, climate-resilient agriculture, and institutional innovation in rural development. 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 their communities, building food security, shared prosperity and stability. Today, IFAD and its partners have nearly US$23 billion invested in ongoing projects that are transforming rural economies.