The Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP) is an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) led framework to produce a positive impact on the poverty which will be implemented for the period 2026–2033 in India.
About COSOP 2026–2033 for India
- Aim: To strengthen rural incomes, improving resilience and expanding sustainable livelihood opportunities across India reducing poverty.
- Extreme poverty dropped from 40 per cent in 2004 to 2.3 per cent in 2022, though 11 per cent of the population remains multidimensionally poor.
- Strategic goal: Building comprehensive rural prosperity and resilience within the framework of Viksit Bharat@ 2047.
- The country programme has two strategic objectives:
- Strategic objective 1: Social, economic and climatic resilience of rural communities is enhanced in line with India's commitment towards poverty-free villages.
- Strategic objective 2: Enhanced performance, visibility and scalability of interventions through strengthened knowledge systems.
- Target group
- Geographic: Poorer and climate-vulnerable Himalayan states, particularly the 10 poorest states, and 112 aspirational districts.
- Poverty targeting: Households below the poverty line, small/marginal farmers, landless people, fishers, women-headed households, youth and persons with disabilities.
- Social Group: SCs, STs, pastoralists, fishers and forest-dependent communities.
About International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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