The very first Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty by 2030.

Today, seven years after the goals were agreed and on the heels of a global pandemic, conflict and economic crises, a world without poverty seems out of reach. The World Bank estimates that, by the end of 2022, 685 million people could still be living in extreme poverty.

Much of this poverty is concentrated in the rural areas of developing countries where IFAD works. Over the years, IFAD has amplified the voices of rural people and integrated them into value chains, so they can earn and save, while feeding the world and conserving the natural environment.