International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFAD is the only UN agency exclusively dedicated to transforming agriculture, rural economies and food systems. We invest in the millions of people who are most at risk of being left behind: poor, small-scale food producers living in rural areas.

We support rural people in some of the most remote and fragile contexts so that they can: 

• Produce and sell more 

• Eat more nutritious foods  

• Manage natural resources well  

• Earn more money 

• Access new technologies  

• Adapt to climate change 

• Build resilience to economic shocks, conflict and other crises 

Through our investments, we help ensure that rural people lead their own change.