From the Field: Working with nature to transform lives |

Irrigation programs allow smallholder farmers, especially women and young people, to have greater access to water., Theo © IFAD/FAO/WFP/ Petterik Wiggers

United Nations Agricultural Development Agency, IFAD.

These range from pasture rotation in Tajikistan, which is preventing overgrazing; reforestation of mangroves in the Gambia, which strengthens local ecosystems and enhances biodiversity; and a soil fertility project in Laos to increase food production for the community.

Find out more about IFAD’s scope of work in this area, here.