Ice-Cold Innovation to Reduce Postharvest Losses
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
Aquaculture Helps Women in Nepal Improve Household Nutrition
In Senegal, Women Lead the Way in Rice Processing
Testimony of Tjada McKenna, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Food Security before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Farmer-to-Farmer: The Impact You Can’t Measure
Improving Agriculture to Help Lift Nigerian Families Out of Poverty
Four Seasons of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Promoting Entrepreneurship and Food Security through Microfinance in Liberia
Scaling Up Community-Based Breeding Programs through Local Capacity Development
Technology Incubation Centers Set the Stage for Growth in African Food Processing Enterprises
Mechanization and Irrigation Project Demonstrates Sustainable Ways to Scale Up Technology Adoption in Bangladesh
Partnering with the Private Sector to Disseminate Cutting-Edge Technology to Dairy Farmers in Rwanda
