International Journal of Academic Management Science Research (IJAMSR)   Year: 2021 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 76-86 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme and Rice Yield: A Study of Members of Rice Farmers Cooperative in Anambra State, Nigeria Enenchi Theresa and Ojiagu Nkechi Abstract: This work examined International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme and its impact on Rice Yields of Farmers Cooperative in Anambra State, Nigeria, as the broad objective, accompanied by two specific objectives. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study was made up of 320 Farmers Cooperatives that are into rice production and that are registered with the Value Chain Development Programme in Anambra State. Taro Yamani formula was used to arrived at a sample size of 384. Structured questionnaire was used to solicit data from the respondents. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics tools and Ordinary Least Square Method (OLS) Regression Analysis was used for testing the hypotheses, at 5% level of significance. The findings revealed that IFAD-Value Chain Development Programme farm machines have a statistically significant influence on rice yield and that IFAD-Value Chain Development Programme farm inputs have a statistically significant influence on rice yield among members of Rice Farmers Cooperative in Anambra State, Nigeria. Hence, it was concluded that the output of rice farmers cooperative in Anambra State is tied to the efficacy of service of IFAD in discharging their mandate, as the more they are effectiveness in these duties of theirs, the better the output/yield of the benefitting farmers and cooperatives. Among others, it was recommended that management of IFAD should try to make the farm machines and inputs to get to more farmers, so as to increase their rice yield.