A new report reveals that 2025 was a strong year for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)’s sustainable bond programme, which issued an additional US$340 million in bonds that are channeling private investments into long-term rural transformation around the world. Strong investor demand for IFAD bonds enabled the Fund to meet its 2025 borrowing targets ahead of schedule.
Between 2022 and 2025, IFAD has issued a total of US$985 million in sustainable bonds that are financing projects expected to reach more than 26 million rural people across 29 countries within the next decade, according to the Fund’s 2025 Impact Report released today.
The projects funded by IFAD sustainable bonds span a wide range of investments that are strengthening rural populations’ access to markets, restoring and maintaining natural resources, developing inclusive rural finance, creating an enabling environment for rural development through policy and institutional support, improving agricultural production and mitigating post-harvest losses.
