IFAD funding and programme priorities for land and waterRikke OliveraSenior Technical Specialist, Natural Resource ManagementPolicy and Technical Advsory Division

IFAD funding of Land and Water

• 223 on-going projects in 99 countries• IFAD approves around $1B/year• Around 90% of IFAD funding is

programmed with our partner governments in loans and climate grants• 30% of IFAD projects address land tenure• 60% includes irrigation

• 50% related to land and/or water management• Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) ($290M 2010-2015)

• Other grant financing• GEF and LDCF ($128M 2010-2015)• IFAD global, regional and country grants (around $100M per year, 10% of IFAD

funding)

IFAD policies guiding NRM funding

Targeting policy

IFAD funding priorities 2016-2025

Crosscutting priorities

Targeting

Youth inclusive

Gender equality

Climate proofing

Nutrition sensitive

Scaling up

Partnership

Programing of fundsLoans and country grants

Results-based Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP)

Project concept note

Project concept note

Project concept note

Programing of funds Regional and global grants ($50M/year)

MTP Thematic clusters for global regional grants

Rural inclusiveness: Gender, youth, farmers organizations, Indigenous people

Rural transformation: rural business environment, pro-poor value chain, employment generation

Improved M&E systems and tools for better results measurement

Agricultural research for improved delivery to small holder farmers: Innovative approaches for food security and nutrition; sustainable productivity increase; agro-ecological approaches to land-use systems; sustainable energy; biodiversity conservation, and climate smart agriculture

The grants must address needs and contribute to IFAD projects

The grantee should preferably be competitive selected

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