1. IFAD funding and programme priorities for land and water
Rikke Olivera Senior Technical Specialist, Natural Resource Management Policy and Technical Advsory Division

2. IFAD funding of Land and Water
223 on-going projects in 99 countries
IFAD approves around $1B/year
Around 90% of IFAD funding is programmed with our partner governments in loans and climate grants
30% of IFAD projects address land tenure
60% includes irrigation
50% related to land and/or water management
Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) ($290M )
Other grant financing
GEF and LDCF ($128M )
IFAD global, regional and country grants (around $100M per year, 10% of IFAD funding)

3. IFAD policies guiding NRM funding
Targeting policy
Country
Vast country with relatively small population
Extremely advanced desertification and vulnerability to impact of climate change and other external shocks
Main sources of income are agriculture, which is either irrigated or rain-fed, and livestock
Arable land is one of the main resources, but also a major source of contention
Vast majority of the population lives according to a common system of customary land law that is not recognized by the state
Tenure arrangements within the traditional system have always been inclusive of both men and women, where male landowners with large land holdings take responsibility for ensuring that all members of the community, including vulnerable groups, have access to land
In the past, vulnerable social groups known as "the landless” were subject to restrictive practices and remain economically and socially vulnerable with limited and insecure access to land

4. IFAD funding priorities 2016-2025
Crosscutting priorities
Targeting
Youth inclusive
Gender equality
Climate proofing
Nutrition sensitive
Scaling up
Partnership
Country
Vast country with relatively small population
Extremely advanced desertification and vulnerability to impact of climate change and other external shocks
Main sources of income are agriculture, which is either irrigated or rain-fed, and livestock
Arable land is one of the main resources, but also a major source of contention
Vast majority of the population lives according to a common system of customary land law that is not recognized by the state
Tenure arrangements within the traditional system have always been inclusive of both men and women, where male landowners with large land holdings take responsibility for ensuring that all members of the community, including vulnerable groups, have access to land
In the past, vulnerable social groups known as "the landless” were subject to restrictive practices and remain economically and socially vulnerable with limited and insecure access to land

5. Programing of funds Loans and country grants
Results-based Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP)
Project concept note
Project concept note
To ensure efficient management of land agreements and to guarantee all stakeholders' interests, community management structures were created to support vulnerable groups and to supervise the implementation of project objectives and land agreements. The agencies set up in this context include:
- The Association of Waalo Users, responsible for the management of hydro-agricultural structures built by the state in the project.
- The Village Development Committees that support villagers' interests and ensure the application of land agreements in village communities and the sustainable integration of the landless.
- The Committee of Wise Men, an endogenous mechanism for regulating collective and individual conflicts that participates in the implementation of land transactions
Project concept note

6. Programing of funds Regional and global grants ($50M/year)
MTP Thematic clusters for global regional grants
Rural inclusiveness: Gender, youth, farmers organizations, Indigenous people
Rural transformation: rural business environment, pro-poor value chain, employment generation
Improved M&E systems and tools for better results measurement
Agricultural research for improved delivery to small holder farmers: Innovative approaches for food security and nutrition; sustainable productivity increase; agro-ecological approaches to land-use systems; sustainable energy; biodiversity conservation, and climate smart agriculture
The grants must address needs and contribute to IFAD projects
The grantee should preferably be competitive selected

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