Locally Produced Custom Fertilizers Will Help Farmers Double Yields in Ethiopia
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
Feed the Future Recipe Contest: Sweet Potatoes
Livestock Production: Empowering Women in Ethiopia
On World Food Day, a Story of Restoring Potato Crops to Tanzania
Secretary’s Column: Family Farmers Do More Than Feed the World
Secretary Kerry's Statement on World Food Day 2014
10 Reasons We’re Sweet on Sweet Potatoes and Why You Should Be Too!
Weathering Climate Change Effects with Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties
Climate Change Analysis Strengthens Early Warning of Food Insecurity
Feed the Future Researchers Fight Back as Climate Change Exacerbates Crop Contamination
With Crop Diversification, Farmers Get the Most out of their Land
In Central Asia, Improving Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
