
Agriculture and Rural Development
Agriculture is a social, economic, ecological and health issue. Proper management and development of agriculture helps to fight food and nutritional insecurity, which has been exacerbated by climate change and political instability. Agriculture is also the world's largest employer, with 40% of the population working in that sector.
AFD works on agricultural value chains, at all levels, to promote inclusive and sustainable rural development and to ensure people’s food security.
AFD works on agricultural value chains, at all levels, to promote inclusive and sustainable rural development and to ensure people’s food security.

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AFD and Agriculture: SUPPORTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING FOOD SECURITY

- Improving the management of natural resources
- Structuring and consolidating agricultural value chains
- Building resilience to climate change
Improving the management of natural resources
Structuring and consolidating agricultural value chains
Building resilience to climate change
1,18
billion euros invested in 2022 in agriculture, biodiversity and rural development
63%
of projects funded in 2022 have a climate co-benefit
41
million hectares of natural environments conserved or restored through ongoing projects
In line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, AFD Group is working to strengthen autonomy, sustainability and resilience in agricultural value chains.
We have adopted an integrated strategy that combines several objectives: preservation of natural resources and biodiversity, the economic development of agriculture, and territorial development in rural areas.
Finally, we are paying special attention to gender inequalities, which are very pronounced in rural areas and in the agricultural sector and, as such, constitute a key development focus.
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This map is illustrative and does not list all the projects funded by AFD. Find the complete list of our projects on the opendata.afd.fr portal
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Institutional document
Agriculture, rural development and biodiversity - 2023 Activity Report
Oct 2024
Institutional document
Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity - 2022 Activity Report
Nov 2023
Institutional document
Irrigated agriculture: A service-based approach to put irrigators at the center of policy formulation
Sep 2023
Research document
Irrigated agriculture: A service-based approach to put irrigators at the center of policy formulation
Sep 2023
Research document
Reviving agricultural advisory and extension services in sub-Saharan Africa
May 2022
Evaluation document
Evaluation Highlights: In Chad, a project to ensure food security in the capital
Dec 2023
Evaluation document
Looking back at 15 years of AFD support for geographical indications: what contribution to sustainable development? How to do better?
Feb 2023
Evaluation document
Evaluation Summary - AFD’s interventions in the perennial crops sector: rubber outgrowerplantations projects phases IV and V (ROPP IV, ROPP V), Ghana
Nov 2022
Evaluation document
Evaluation Summary - « Access to finance » component of the SASME project, Egypt
Oct 2022
Evaluation document
Evaluation Summary - Pastoral Water Programme in Central Chad, Second Phase (Almy Al Afia 2)
Sep 2020