presentation on IFAD

2. Objectives of the
presentation
provide an overview of IFAD
• WHO ARE WE?
• WHAT WE DO?
• WHERE WE WORK?

3. IFAD's President: Kanayo F. Nwanze
On 13 February 2013, Kanayo F. Nwanze was appointed by acclamation as President of IFAD
for a second four-year term.
A Nigerian national, Nwanze has a strong record as an advocate and leader with a keen
understanding of complex development issues. He brings to the job over 35 years of
experience across three continents, focusing on poverty reduction through agriculture, rural
development and research.

4. WHO WE ARE?
The International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD), a specialized agency of the United
Nations, was established as an international financial
institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of
the 1974 World Food Conference. The conference
was organized in response to the food crises of the
early 1970s that primarily affected the Sahelian
countries of Africa. It resolved that "an International
Fund for Agricultural Development should be
established immediately to finance agricultural
development projects primarily for food production
in the developing countries.

5. What we do?
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Since it was created in 1977, IFAD has focused
exclusively on rural poverty reduction, working with
poor rural populations in developing countries to
eliminate poverty, hunger and malnutrition; raise
their productivity and incomes; and improve the
quality of their lives. Many IFAD-supported
programmes have been in remote areas, and have
targeted some of the poorest and most deprived
segments of the rural population.
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As mentioned ealier, IFAD's objective and raison d'être are to fund
rural development projects specifically aimed at assisting the poorest
of the poor — small farmers, artisanal fishermen, rural poor women,
landless workers, rural artisans, nomadic herdsmen and indigenous
populations — to increase their food production, raise their incomes,
improve their health, nutrition, education standards and general wellbeing on a sustainable basis. Nine major areas are supported:
agricultural development
financial services
rural infrastructure
livestock
fisheries
capacity-and institution-building
storage/food-processing/marketing

7. WHERE WE WORK?
• Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia
• Asia and the Pacific
• East and Southern Africa
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• West and Central Africa

8. IFAD's Strategic Framework for 20112015
Goal
• IFAD's goal is to empower poor rural women and men in developing
countries to achieve higher incomes and improved food security.
Objectives
• IFAD will ensure that poor rural people have better access to, and the skills
and organization they need to take advantage of:
• Natural resources, especially secure access to land and water, and
improved natural resource management and conservation practices
• Improved agricultural technologies and effective production services
• A broad range of financial services
• Transparent and competitive markets for agricultural inputs and produce
• Opportunities for rural off-farm employment and enterprise
development
• Local and national policy and programming processes

9. Ifad in india
• India is IFAD's largest borrower, as well as one of its main
contributors. Working in close partnership with the Government
of India and other donors, IFAD funds projects for rural
development, tribal development, women's empowerment,
natural resource management and rural finance. Since 1979 the
organization has financed 25 programmes and projects, approving
loans for a total of approximately US$797.3 million.
• IFAD emphasizes the importance of strengthening
people's capacities to establish and manage their own
institutions. It supports self-help groups, community
institutions and village development associations in
tribal and non-tribal areas that work in synergy with
local self-governments.

10. IFAD's strategy in India
• IFAD's strategy in India centres on improving poor rural
people's access to economic and social resources. In all
operations, IFAD emphasizes the importance of strengthening
people's capacities to establish and manage their own
institutions. It supports self-help groups, community
institutions and village development associations in tribal and
non-tribal areas that work in synergy with local selfgovernments

11. In india, ifad mainly focuses
on
• promoting inclusive growth;
• doubling the growth rate of the agriculture sector;
• fighting rural poverty by enhancing rural employment
and livelihood opportunities;
• increasing access to agricultural technologies and
natural resources;
• increasing access to financial services and value chains;
• sharing knowledge and learning on poverty reduction
and nutritional security, with particular focus on tribal
communities, smallholder farming households, landless
people, women and unemployed youth.
• microfinance and women's empowerment

12. WORK WITH US
(JOB OPPURTUNITY FOR YOU)
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Associate Vice-President and Chief Development Strategist, Strategy and
Knowledge Department - Office of the Chief Development Strategist Division deadline: 18 February 2014
Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department - Front Office
Programme Management Division - deadline: 18 February 2014
Director, Treasury Services Division (TRE) and Treasurer of IFAD (readvertisement) D-1 - Treasury Division Division - deadline: 18 February 2014
Finance Officer Loans/Team Leader, Grants P-4 - Controller's & Financial Services
Division - 21 February 2014
Policy Adviser P-4 - Policy and Technical Advisory Division - deadline: 8 March
2014
Technical Adviser (Fisheries and Aquaculture) P-4 - Policy and Technical Advisory
Division - deadline: 8 March 2014
Head of Language Services P-5 - Office of the Secretary Division - deadline: 9
March 2014
Regional Programme Manager P-4 - East & Southern Africa Division - deadline: 13
March 2014

13. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
• OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITEhttp://www.ifad.org/