IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development

Published purpose

This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the twelfth replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). IFAD uses these funds, along with other donor funding, to achieve its mandate. IFAD’s mandate is to support rural populations, especially smallholder farmers, to achieve food security and nutrition, overcome poverty and become resilient, especially to the effects of climate change. IFAD provides grants and low-interest loans to developing countries to support programmes and projects that promote agricultural growth and inclusive rural transformation. Activities financed through the fund are helping the rural poor to improve their production, capacity and productivity, and to connect them to markets and services so they can grow more, earn more and become more resilient. The twelfth replenishment of IFAD is increasing ambition on the mainstreaming themes of environment and climate, gender, youth and nutrition.