Filipino Farmers Make a Concrete Improvement
Gender Equity, Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Empowering women and girls is critical to achieving secure, sustainable and equitable global food systems. Feed the Future promotes evidence-based and data-driven approaches to advancing gender equity, equality and women’s empowerment. We challenge discriminatory gender norms, policies and practices. We intentionally engage with men and boys as partners to empower women and girls in their different roles on and off the farm.
How a Coffee Farmers Group Empowered One Guatemalan Woman to Lead
When she was a little girl, María Juan Tomas often helped her father with the family’s coffee farm in Guatemala. One day, she thought, she’d… Read more
Guatemala
How Locally Sourced Fish Powder Drives Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition in Zambia
In Zambia, Lake Kariba is at the heart of a thriving fishing community, yielding throngs of tiny nutrient-rich fish often caught by women. But in… Read more
Stories
Community-Owned Savings Groups Improve Access to Capital in Cambodia
Transforming Development by Empowering the People
Winners' Gallery: Feed the Future Photo Contest
Statement by the President on the Passage of The Global Food Security Act of 2016
Congress Passed the Global Food Security Act. Here's Why That's Historic
Food Scientist’s “Homemade” Business Catalyzes Innovation and Entrepreneurship
From Plant to Plate: Kenya’s National Horticulture Traceability System
Water Pump Brings Business Opportunity to Farmers in Bangladesh
How Low- and No-Cost Technologies are Saving Cattle in Zimbabwe
A Female Entrepreneur Pays It Forward in Senegal
Virtual System Makes the Connection Between Agriculture Buyers and Sellers
