With a grant from the Canadian government in 2013, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) set out to make its work more nutrition-sensitive. IFAD joined with the IFPRI-led CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) to support integration of nutrition into its investments and corporate activities.
Over the first three years of partnership, IFAD and A4NH worked to integrate nutrition more fully into country strategies and IFAD-funded projects. At the same time, the partnership supported IFAD’s corporate strategy and global and national advocacy efforts on nutrition and agriculture, and raised awareness and capacities in nutrition and agriculture at headquarters and the country level. In addition, studies were initiated on how to design nutrition-sensitive projects.
Since 2013, the number of nutrition-sensitive projects financed by IFAD has increased, reaching one-third of all project designs in 2015. IFAD has also approved an Action Plan for Mainstreaming Nutrition. Furthermore, nutrition has been highlighted as a priority in IFAD’s current Strategic Framework, and a number of related publications have been issued, including Improving Nutrition through Agriculture in 2014 and a Scaling Up Note, Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2015.
For more information on IFPRI's work in partnership with IFAD, please go to this brochure.
