Dirt Matters: Climate-Resilient Farming in Haiti Starts in the Soil
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
10 Sweet Facts About the Halloween Chocolate You Ate Last Weekend
Feed the Future Recipe Contest: Coffee and Cocoa
Lean But Not Mean: A Streamlined Tool for Measuring Women’s Empowerment
USAID Announces Support for African Coffee Sector on International Coffee Day
Wake Up to Coffee’s Impact on Rural Livelihoods
Training in Crop Residue Preservation Helps Families Weather the Storm
The “Whole Market” Approach to Climate-Smart Agriculture
Tanzanian Farmer Gets Climate-Smart
Resilience-building Framework Revolutionizes Millet Farming in Senegal
Reflections on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Feed the Future
Promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture in Guatemala’s Western Highlands
