Finance in Agriculture

IFAD

(International Fund for Agricultural Development)

Ongoing operations (In India) and their costs:

  • Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme
    Total cost: US$91.2 million
    IFAD loan: US$20 million
    Duration: 2003-13
    Direct beneficiaries: 338,000 rural poor people in 75,000 households

  • Jharkhand-Chattisqarh Tribal Development Programme
    Total cost: US$41.7 million
    IFAD loan: US$23 million
    Duration: 2001-09
    Direct beneficiaries: 270,000 rural poor people

  • Second Uttar Pradesh Public Tubewells Project
    Total cost: US$2176 million
    IFAD loan: US$35.3 million
    Duration: 1983-91
    Direct beneficiaries: 2.2 million rural poor people

  • Madhya Pradesh Medium Irrigation Project
    Total cost: US$232.1 million
    IFAD loan: US$25 million
    Duration: 1982-88
    Direct beneficiaries: 180,000 rural poor people