Eight projects approved by the China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation Facility

Eight projects have been approved under the first call for proposals under the China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation Facility for US$3.6 million. These projects cover a range of issues, from water conservation, rural youth innovations, rural business-to-business linkages to bamboo production.

Established in February 2018, this is the first Facility in IFAD dedicated to South-South and Triangular Cooperation. Its goal is to exchange expertise, knowledge, and resources, and promote business-to-business links and investments across developing countries. Ultimately to enhance agricultural productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of poor people living in rural areas.

Inclusive agriculture and agro-industrial value chain development as an enabler of poverty reduction in Bangladesh

This project responds to opportunities created through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with a specific focus in Bangladesh, where BRI investments include the construction of the Padma Bridge and the Dhaka-Jessore railway. Investments will link southwestern parts of the country to Dhaka and beyond, creating new opportunities for farmers in these districts to engage in markets, reduce poverty and achieve prosperity.

Rural Youth Innovation Award

This project proposal will create a platform for conceptualising, presenting and sharing information and knowledge. Focussing on youth-led innovative, market disruptive enterprises and highly effective solutions to challenges faced by smallholder farmer, it aims to encourage replication and creativity across the region.

Strengthening the Rural Solutions Portal and IFAD’s IT tracking systems to increase the uptake of rural development solutions

The overall objective of this project is to strengthen the Rural Solutions Portal – the web portal that collects and makes available innovative rural development solutions – as well as IFAD’s South-South and Triangular (SSTC) tracking systems, with a view to increasing the uptake of rural development solutions.

The project will promote sharing of innovative rural development solutions, such as by exchanging information and knowledge with similar web-based information platforms.

South-South Cooperation in Green Economy for agricultural development and enhanced food security

This project aims to address issues of climate change and the need for increased food production through the combination of advocacy and networking activities, promotion of green investments with a focus on young smallholder farmers, and provision of capacity development support in the green economy for agricultural development.

Improving rural livelihoods through South-South Cooperation for bamboo product development

The main objective of this project proposal is to enhance the impact of the Inter-Africa Bamboo Smallholder Farmers Livelihood Development Programme by transferring solutions, knowledge, skills and technologies, both within Africa and from China, to target African countries. The goal is to improve the bamboo value chain environment by increasing awareness, facilitating knowledge, technology transfer, improving the policy framework and promoting investment.

South-South Cooperation for scaling up climate resilient value chain initiatives

The main objective of this project is to generate structured learning across countries based on a consistent approach to climate-resilient value chain (CRVC) analysis, with the engagement of smallholder farmer groups, processing units, and enterprises.

Promoting water conservation and irrigation water use efficiency in Ethiopia

This proposal builds on the experiences from an existing project funded by IFAD which includes lessons on key innovations to improve prosperity, food security and nutrition in Ethiopia. It specifically addresses the challenges that the country is facing due to climate change: rising temperatures rising, more severe droughts and diminishing water sources.

Strengthening business-to-business linkages and investment opportunities through IFAD’s SSTC and Knowledge Centres

This proposal aims to support activities of the SSTC and Knowledge Centres in Brazil, China and Ethiopia.

Original source: IFAD
Published on 29 January 2019