Transcript Presentation by Ganesh Thapa, Regional Economist

Strategic Focuses and Complementarity of
IFAD and ADB
ADB-IFAD Annual Retreat
5-6 December 2012, Manila
Reducing Poverty – Our Common Goal
ABD – Strategy 2020
IFAD Strategic Framework
(2011-2015)
GOAL
Reduce poverty and improve
living conditions and quality of
life in Asia and the Pacific
Enabling poor rural people to
improve food security, raise
incomes and strength resilience
FOCUS
AREAS
1) Infrastructure
2) Environment & Climate
Change
3) Regional Cooperation &
Integration
4) Financial Sector Development
5) Education
1. Natural resources – Land, water,
energy and biodiversity
2. Climate Change adaptation &
mitigation
3. Improved Agricultural
technologies and production
4. Inclusive financial services
5. Value chains
6. Rural Enterprise development &
non-farm employment
7. Skills development
8. Support to rural organizations
IFAD aims to lift 80 million out of poverty –
26 million in Asia and Pacific
IFAD Reduces Poverty by Achieving its
5 Strategic Objectives
1.
A natural resource and economic asset base that is more
resilient to climate change, environmental degradation and
market transformation
2.
Access to services to reduce poverty, improve nutrition, raise
incomes and build resilience in a changing environment;
3.
Profitable, sustainable and resilient farm and non-farm
enterprises or take advantage of decent work opportunities;
4.
Influencing policies and institutions that effect their
livelihoods;
5.
Enabling institutional and policy environments to support
agricultural production and the full range of related non-farm
activities
Based on IFAD’s Principles of Engagement
1.
Differentiated approach based on
country context
2.
Targeting
3.
Supporting the empowerment of poor
rural people
4.
Promoting gender equality and
women’s empowerment
5.
Creating viable opportunities for rural
youth
6.
Innovation, learning and scaling up
7.
Effective partnerships and resource
mobilization
8.
Sustainability
Key areas for IFAD and ADB collaboration
in Rural Areas
Gender
Private Sector
Climate
Change
Financial
Services
Technology
Development
Congruence between ADB’s ARD outputs and
IFAD’s strategic thrusts
ADB ARD Outputs
IFAD Strategic Framework Thrusts
• Improved access to rural infrastructure and
its improved services
• Opportunities for rural, off-farm employment
and enterprise development
• Increased access to supply chain market
infrastructure
• Access to transparent and competitive
agricultural input and produce market
• Increased access to financial products and
services
• Access to a broader range of financial
services
• Increased capacity/knowledge for enhanced
farm production, processing and marketing
• Access to improved agricultural technologies
and effective production services
• Promote capabilities of rural women, men &
youth
• Improved resilience against negative impacts
of climate change
• Expanded coverage of improved water and
land management
• Expanded adoption of improved
environmental management practices
• Enhancing environmental sustainability and
resilience in small-scale agriculture
Synergies between ADB and IFAD’s work in ARD
ADB
IFAD
Infrastructure
Development
Rural infrastructure at national,
provincial levels
(rural electrification, rural roads,
large irrigation systems, rural
growth centres)
Village level infrastructure
(farm to market roads, small
irrigation schemes, small agroprocessing)
Natural Resources
Management
Regional cooperation in improved
management of shared natural
resources and environment;
integrated water resource
management
Improving access to productive
natural resources at local level
(tenure security, land title
distribution)
Agricultural Technology
Development
Knowledge development through
partnership with specialist agencies;
Support to CG centres and NARES in
developing pro-poor agricultural
technologies;
Crop management and crop
diversification; policy/institutional
reforms
Empowering smallholders to
articulate demand for appropriate
technologies;
Promoting the use of IK in
technology development
Synergies between ADB and IFAD’s work in ARD
ADB
IFAD
Improving Access to
Markets
Creation of market infrastructure
(agro-industrial processing zones,
IT connectivity)
Strengthen farmers’ organizations
for improved access to markets,
and for improving flow of
information
Regional Integration
Developing framework for regional
agricultural trade facilitation and
investments; global/regional
markets
Promoting contract farming and
other new marketing
arrangements to benefit
smallholders
Scaling Up
Pilot testing and developing new
agricultural technologies and rural
poverty reduction approaches
Replication and scaling up on a
larger geographic area;
Joint policy dialogue in influencing
government policies and
programmes
Examples of Good Practices: Improving Access
to Productive Natural Resources
• Bangladesh: Leasing of
ponds for poor fisher
groups
• Nepal: Leasing of forest
for landless and marginal
farmers
• Gambia: Land for labour
programme
• India: Land titling in
areas inhabited by
indigenous peoples
Examples of Good Practices: Pro-poor
Agricultural Technology Development
•
India: Technology development for
disadvantaged areas (co-financing a World
Bank loan funded project though grant facility to
bring inputs from CG centres in areas where
the national research systems are weak;
participatory project design; consortia
approach) [IRRI, ILRI, IWMI, CIMMYT, IFPRI,
ICRISAT]
•
Nepal: Piloting medicinal plants domestication,
cultivation and marketing through public-private
partnership in mountainous region [ICIMOD]
•
Laos, Vietnam: Developing rice varieties for
sloping uplands; landscape approach in
technology development [IRRI]
•
Hindu Kush Himalayas: Participatory 3-D
mapping in shifting cultivation areas
Examples of Good Practices: Empowerment of
Indigenous Peoples
• India: Enhancing access to
land (e.g. Land titling in
Andhra Pradesh, Orissa)
• India: Sustainable natural
resource management
(North-east India)
• Philippines: Enhancing
indigenous knowledge
systems and protecting
intellectual property rights
Thank you. Any questions?
Chitra Deshpande
Portfolio Advisor, APR