Geonode implementation in the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

2. 2 IFAD at a glance
International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD)
● UN international financial institution
● Providing loans and grants to governments
● Financing agricultural programmes
● Investing in smallholder farming
● Fighting poverty
231 ongoing projects
124 countries
IFAD financing
USD > 6 billion
2.6 million people trained
in production practices
International co-financing
USD 3.3 billion

3. 3 Why GIS and why Geonode?

4. 4 Geonode in IFAD
Geonode initiated in 2017;
In 2020:
• 124+ web maps;
• 622+ layers;
• Multiple users/systems;

5. 5 IFAD ICT GIS activities
1. Enterprise FOSS GIS 2. Tailored user applications
5. Transparency (IATI/ifad.org) 6. Cloud4. Spatial Analytics
3. System integration

6. 6 Tailored user applications: country pages
Country pages

7. 7 Transparency: IATI reporting
IFAD reporting to
International Aid Transparency
Initiative
100 % of reported data has spatial
location

8. 8 Transparency: IFAD.org maps

9. 9 Data model: ontology

10. 10 Data automation

11. 11 Enterprise FOSS GIS: Geonode
• Bridge the gap between technical and decision making side by establishing a
visual catalogue of spatial data.
• Sustainable solution, build around open source technologies.
• To provide access to a maximum set of data to a variety of users/applications.
• To streamline the spatial data management among various project, locations
and departments.
Key principles:

12. 12 Thank you
Lyubomir Filipov
GIS Consultant,
Information and Communications
Technology Division (ICT)
Email: l.filipov@ifad.org
David Hughes,
ICT Solutions Coordinator & GIS lead,
Information and Communications Tehcnology
Division (ICT)
Email: d.hughes@ifad.org