About
- IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialised UN agency
- Aim : Address poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries
- IFAD is the only multilateral development organization which focuses solely on rural economies and food security
- It’s headquarters are in Rome, Italy
- It funds and sponsors initiatives in the following areas
- Land and water management
- Rural Infrastructure
- Train and Educate farmers in efficient technologies
- Build resilience against climate change
- Enhance market accessibility
- It also helps people to expand their businesses.
- The organization is an outcome of the World Food Conference of 1974
- It is headed by a President
- It has 177 member countries
- It publishes the Rural Development Report annually
- It is a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group
IFAD & INDIA
- IFAD has been working in India since 1979.
- Its goals include
- to increase the rural poor’s access to agricultural technologies, natural resources and financial services
- to share knowledge and learning on poverty reduction and nutrition security
- special focus on tribal communities, smallholder farming households, landless and women
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