Climate Resilience of IFAD Programmes

Projekt abgeschlossen

The International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD is a key partner for Switzerland in the efforts to lift smallholder farmers out of poverty. However, climate change is putting the success of the IFAD’s development programmes at risk. Switzerland supports the integration in all IFAD projects of measures that respond to potential climate threats into all IFAD projects. As a result, farmers become more resilient and Swiss investments through IFAD more sustainable.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Weltweit
Global
Klimawandel & Umwelt
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit
Umweltpolitik
Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung
01.07.2018 - 31.12.2022
CHF  12’000’000
Hintergrund

Recognizing that its target beneficiaries, poor smallholder farmers, are particularly hard-hit by the effects of the changing climate, IFAD will mainstream climate change concerns into its whole portfolio.

In complement to the unearmarked core contributions by Member States to IFAD’s resources, so called Unrestricted Complementary Contributions on Climate Change Mainstreaming help IFAD to make all its programmes climate-responsive.

Ziele Strengthening the climate resilience of poor rural people’s economic activities, and thus making IFAD investments more sustainable, while at the same time contributing to the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.  
Zielgruppen IFAD's target group: poor rural people, including smallholder farmers, land-poor and landless workers, women and youth, marginalized ethnic groups, and victims of disaster and conflict. They account for the majority of the world's poor and hungry people.
Mittelfristige Wirkungen

IFAD programmes and projects are resilient to climate shocks or actively contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, through activities such as:

  • Support to sustainable management of natural resources and climate-related risks,
  • Increased access to technologies that sequester carbon or reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
  • Adoption of environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient technologies and practices
  • Climate-resilient land management
Resultate

Erwartete Resultate:  

At the project level, outputs are very context specific, depend on the principal aim of the the project and vary widely over the whole IFAD portfolio. Examples include:

  • Weather stations
  • Training in climate-resilient techniques
  • Climate resilient infrastructure
  • Improved irrigation systems
  • Alternative energy input along the agricultural value chain

To facilitate a coherent implementation over the whole organizations, key outputs at the institutional level for the phase 2019-2021 are:

  • New IFAD climate and environment strategy and action plan, including expanding efforts on mitigation
  • Alignment of IFAD interventions to nationally determined contribution (NDC) targets and commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change


Resultate von früheren Phasen:   (single phase)


Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Organisation der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
  • Internationaler Agrarentwicklungsfonds


Andere Partner

IFAD
Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren

At the global level:

  • 7F-03649.12: IFAD11 – Core contribution 2019 – 2021
  • 7F-09106.02.05: IFAD Farmers' Forum
  • 7F-09878.01: Facility for Refugees, Migrants, Forced Displacement and Rural Stability (IFAD)

At the national level:

SDC projects at national level which collaborate with IFAD projects

Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    12’000’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    12’000’000
Projektphasen

Phase 1 01.07.2018 - 31.12.2022   (Completed)