About IFAD
At the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) we invest in rural people, empowering them to increase their food security, improve the nutrition of their families and increase their incomes. We help them build resilience, expand their businesses and take charge of their own development.Activities by IFAD
Workable Intelligence Service Hub (WISH)
Global Not ApplicableWISH is a central orchestration engine to define, compose, and execute AI-driven workflows via reusable prompts, bundles, and behaviors. WISH is a foundational component of IFAD's Enterprise AI Architecture, allowing for the seamless integration of AI features and capabilities in IFAD's corporate systems for project procurement, financial management, portfolio operations, and more.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsInfrastructure/Systems DevelopmentGarden AI Benchmark
Global Not Applicable
AI models, including Large Language Models (LLMs), are essential building blocks for many digital solutions and services. As these technologies advance, choosing the right model is key to ensuring reliable and effective results. The Garden AI Benchmark is a collection of IFAD-specific tests for AI models, with automation scripts for testing models at scale and an interactive dashboard to evaluate results in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. The benchmark allows for the assessment of different models across several important areas for the IFAD context, using standardized evaluation metrics to measure both accuracy and ability to handle different tasks. The benchmark helps IFAD make better-informed model selection choices for specific purposes across a variety of solutions and use cases.
Current model tests include:
● Choice Selection
● Language Translation
● Information Mapping
● Information Retrieval
● Complex Reasoning
● Hallucination Abstention
● Audio Transcription
Current model types include:
● Embeddings
● Generation
● Reasoning
● Translation
● Speech-to-Text
● Text-to-Speech
Omnidata Data Platform
Global Not Applicable
Omnidata is IFAD's internal platform for data and analytics, including technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Geographic Information Systems for advanced analytics. Omnidata empowers IFAD’s workforce to do more with data and AI, developing data dashboards and AI-augmented solutions for use cases across many thematic areas such as biodiversity, south-south triangular cooperation, crop production, and more. Through the platform, a strong community of practitioners are developing new skills and augmenting the way they work at IFAD across all departments and divisions. Through Omnidata, IFAD management and staff are working together side by side to pilot and release solutions in a phased manner, practically demonstrating that data and AI provide value not only in efficiency, but also in developing new products and insights with the potential to transform ways of working. Omnidata is both a platform with robust technical infrastructure, as well as a growing community of practitioners across the organization being upskilled with new competencies required for the continuous delivery of data and AI-augmented solutions for IFAD. The benefit of Omnidata’s platform and
community approach is not to solely focus on one or two use cases, but on democratizing technology and building capacity to address many complex problems where data and AI can provide value.
Blossom AI Portal
Global Not Applicable
Blossom is IFAD’s internal AI portal with general-purpose modules for simple daily tasks. With Blossom, IFAD staff have access to a wide range of common AI technologies through a single portal. Blossom modules, powered by AI and related technologies, are designed to make advanced tools easy to use in day-to-day work with simple, intuitive, and user-friendly interfaces. Current modules include:
● Text Generation: Generate text, refine ideas, and structure content with text-to-text models
● Text Reasoning: Unlock reasoning, deeper thinking, and complex problem-solving with reasoning-specific models
● Summarization: Summarize a Word or PDF document, then download it as a Word file for further editing
● Text Translation: Translate short and simple text between many languages
● Document Translation: Translate text within a document whilst preserving the document's layout
● Icon Generation: Generate an icon in various styles and colours for casual and creative use
● Word Cloud: Upload a Word or PDF document and generate a word cloud from the most frequently used words, then download it as an image
● Transcription: Transcribe an audio file, then download it as a Word file for further review
● Table Extraction: Extract tables from a PDF document, then download them as an Excel file
● OCR Conversion: Convert scanned documents or images into text-searchable and machine-readable PDF versions
● Narration: Convert text to speech with natural-sounding AI-generated voices
● Document Comparison: Compare the contents of two different documents and obtain a summary of the main differences and similarities
● Talking Points: Generate clear, concise, and customised Talking Points from a collection of documents
● Frequently Asked Questions: Generate FAQs from a collection of documents