
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
805
million euros committed by AFD to support the agricultural sector in 2018
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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Agricultural information systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking the role of governments in the age of private digital services
May 2022
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Reviving agricultural advisory and extension services in sub-Saharan Africa
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Evaluation Summary - Rural infrastructure development and tourism project in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
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Evaluation of the Sectoral Intervention Framework “Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Apr 2017
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