Voices from the field

IFAD in China: voices from the field

Weather index insurance: Building smallholder producers resilience, and experience in China

Through two photos, Weijing Wang - Country Programme Officer for China, illustrated two important reasons why weather index-based insurance is being used as a viable alternative to traditional multi-peril crop insurance in China. The insurance agent in the field, who after every perceived yield loss, has to travel 24-7 to visit every smallholder farm and assess the actual damage caused. The farmer looking at his crops, who faces the dilemma of whether or not to invest extra money to improve production, for fear of losing his investment and more if bad weather strikes. Weather index-insurance eliminates these two risks.

Source: IFAD social reporting blog

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Rewarding poor rural people for nurturing the land

Poor rural people manage vast areas of land and forest. They have the potential to be important players in protecting natural resources and providing important environmental services. An IFAD-supported project has helped build momentum and public interest in rewards for environmental services and has developed ways to offer incentives to poor farmers who protect ecosystems at the national level in China, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, the Philippines and Viet Nam.

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China biogas project turns waste into energy

Animal manure is a source of methane, the main component of natural gas and a potent greenhouse gas when released to the atmosphere. But methane can also be captured and used as a source of clean, renewable and affordable energy. An IFAD-supported project in China provided about 30,000 poor households with nearly 23,000 ‘biodigester’ tanks for biogas production. As a result, methane emissions dropped, incomes rose and household sanitation and health improved.

BBC World documentary featuring IFAD-supported project in China

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Zero-poverty becomes a reality thanks to effective collaboration in Sichuan, China

Any project that reduces poverty rates from 90 per cent to 1 per cent sounds too good to be true. Yet that is exactly what happened through an IFAD-funded project in Sichuan, China. Even more encouraging is that it happened under extremely challenging conditions. The outstanding success is the result of good project management and strong governmental support for poverty reduction.

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IFAD in China - the rural poor speak

The People’s Republic of China is the third-largest country in the world and home to more than 1.2 billion people. It is a vast collage of sea-coast, fertile plains and valleys, rugged mountains and arid wind-swept deserts. Indeed, China’s vastness and diversity are in many ways an embodiment of the problems and challenges facing small farmers and pastoralists throughout the developing world.

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