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1  IFAD www.ifad.org 

## Our contribution 

Our ambition is to help growers deliver greater food security to an increasingly crowded world in an environmentally sustainable way. That calls for a step change in productivity and resource efficiency – on both the world’s 5 million large farms and its 450 million 1  smallholdings. Every farmer has a part to play. 

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We believe it can be done, but it will need a system-wide approach that links people, land and technology. These are the foundations for a sustainable production system. Technology enables better solutions that allow farmers to increase productivity and resource efficiency in sustainable rural economies. 

Action on food security cannot wait. Just to keep pace with population growth, global average yield per hectare will have to rise. To achieve this, we need to overcome many challenges and dilemmas that are best addressed by working in partnership with farmers and other organizations. 

