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Mr. Lu Jin , DDG, Department of International Economic and Financial Cooperation, China
Dr Johanna Pennarz, Lead Evaluation Officer, IOE, Lead author: China CSPE report
ue chains are an important theme for China and IFAD, and some promising approaches have been introduced at local level already. Projects have piloted practices to ensure that smallholder farmers, women and youth can benefit from cooperative membership and participate in profitable agricultural value chains. Participants also recognised that the introduction of value-chain approaches was challenging and has slowed down project performance.
tural practices.
Participants also focused on how IFAD should respond to the changing context of rural development in China. These include outmigration of rural youth, the increasing impact of climate change and the need to ensure national food security . The event offered an opportunity to delve into select issues emerging from the CSPE that could influence IFAD’s next country strategic opportunities programme (COSOP), which will begin in 2024. In the context of natural resource management and climate change, participants looked at the Government’s related priorities that IFAD should consider for the support of resilient rural livelihoods. In the past, IFAD has made successful contributions to sustainable resource management, as confirmed by an earlier IOE evaluation in Qinghai province. The ongoing projects already include approximately US$ 60 million of climate finance. In the future, these types of investments would need to make a visible contribution to sustainable land and water management and climate-smart agricul8
In the context of strategic partnerships to enhance innovation, scaling up and South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), participants focused upon the government strategies and practices on innovations for inclusive rural development, how IFAD could scale up innovative practices at provincial and national levels, and what it should do in order to become a more effective partner for SSTC in China. Introducing new concepts and approaches required strong support for learning and capacity build-
Mr Cheng Zhijun, DG, Ministry of Finance, China Dr Indran A. Naidoo, Director, IOE, IFAD
