With more than 1 billion undernourished people, the world faces critical food challenges—rising costs, extreme price fluctuations, and food demand that’s expected to double within 40 years.
IDRC works to enhance food security through small-scale farming and environmentally sustainable food production. To achieve that goal, we support research that will:
- increase yields and incomes from small-scale farming
- provide food to meet the needs of rural and urban consumers
- ensure more equitable food distribution to the world’s poorest
Our work focuses on innovation, technological improvements, and better agri-food policies that will promote sustainability and be truly effective, now and for future generations.
Read the program prospectus in English or French.