The document discusses IFAD's priorities and role in promoting bioenergy and smallholder agriculture. It notes that IFAD has supported over 300 million rural poor people through 829 projects in 115 countries. Smallholder farms are important, with 500 million farms worldwide supporting over 2 billion people. The document discusses opportunities and risks for agriculture, and the role of smallholders and options like cash crops, livestock integration and agro-processing in closing the poverty gap. It advocates using biofuels to expand opportunities for rural smallholders while ensuring food security and environmental sustainability.

2. IFAD’s programme priorities and Bioenergy Accra, Ghana, 18 October 2010 Dr. Rodney D. Cooke Director, Policy and Technical Advisory Division International Fund for Agricultural Development

4. Smallholder farming 500 million smallholder farms worldwide supporting around 2 billion people. They: Farm 80% of the farmland in Asia and Africa. Produce 80% of the food consumed in the developing world Feed 1/3 of the global population. Women are increasingly the farmers of the developing world, producing between 45% and 80% of household food.

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