CoAct Database

Enhanced Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP+)

The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) was launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 2012 to make climate and environmental finance work for smallholder farmers. A multi-year and multi-donor financing window, ASAP provides a new source of cofinancing to scale up and integrate climate change adaptation across IFAD’s approximately US$1billion per year of new investments. The programme is joined up with IFAD’s regular investment processes and benefits from rigorous quality control and supervision systems.

ASAP is driving a major scaling up of successful ‘multiple-benefit’ approaches to smallholder agriculture, which improve production while reducing and diversifying climate-related risks. In doing so, ASAP is blending tried-and tested approaches to rural development with relevant adaptation know-how and technologies. This will increase the capacity of at least 8 million smallholder farmers to expand their livelihood options in an uncertain and rapidly changing environment.

The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme is being implemented in three phases: (1) ASAP1 (2012-2025): addresses the challenges posed by climate change by providing climate-resilient agricultural practices, technologies and financing to small-scale farmers. (2) ASAP2 (2017-2025): provides technical assistance on policy and operational issues. (3) ASAP+ (from 2021): builds on the previous phases to address climate-driven food insecurity and empowers the most vulnerable small-scale producers and communities. Through new financial and programming instruments that address this complex problem, IFAD helps small-scale farmers in developing countries adapt to climate change and build resilient livelihoods by providing them with knowledge, skills and technology. We promote practices that mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases and support knowledge-sharing to foster the development of new approaches and technologies.

Activity period	2012–2024
Last CoAct update	n/a
Web URL	https://www.ifad.org/en/asap-enhanced
Output effectiveness	0.83
Accountability Index	0.50
Inclusiveness Index	0.32
Num. actors	52
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Institutional capacity building, Participatory management, Training, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs
Themes	land use, water
Policy focus	Equal focus
Sectors	Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Water supply; sewerage, waste managment and remediation activities
Implementation countries	Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinatinal State of), Brazil, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros (the), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gambia (the), Ghana, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova (the Republic of), Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger (the), Nigeria, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sudan (the), Tajikistan, Uganda, Viet Nam

Target	Target type
New target: 96-129 million tons of GHG emissions (CO2e) avoided and/or sequestered	Emission reduction target
Old target: 80 million tons of GHG emissions avoided and/or sequestered by 2020	Emission reduction target
NEW TARGET: Increase the resilience of 7-10 million persons and households vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on their food security and nutrition	People/countries affected target
OLD TARGETS: Increase climate resilience for 8 million smallholder household members, including 4 million women and girls by 2020	People/countries affected target
Engage 1200 individual and community groups and institutions engaged in climate risk management, environment and natural resource management or disaster risk reduction activities by 2020	People/countries affected target
Increase water efficiency or availability to 100,000 households, production and processing facilities by 2020	People/countries affected target
Reduce land/ecosystem degradation in productive landscapes by 30% by 2020	Area target
1 million hectares of land managed under climate-resilient practices by 2020	Area target
Double share of new investments in environment and natural resource management in IFAD’s 9th replenishment compared to its 8th replenishment	Economic target
NEW TARGET: US$ 500 million mobilized	Funding target
OLD TARGET: 1:4 leveraging ratio of ASAP grants versus non-ASAP financing by 2020	Funding target
Goal of 40 international and country dialogues on climate issues where ASAP-supported projects or project partners make an active contribution by 2020	Other target
Make $80 million worth of new or existing rural infrastructure climate resilient by 2020	Other target