Advancing Food Security by Opening Markets
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
Scalable Agricultural Technologies Inventory
USAID, Syngenta Collaborate to Improve Global Food Security
Full Speed Ahead for Open Ag Data
WEAI Data Goes Public
Take a Look: Feed the Future in Pictures
U.S. Government Launches Camel Milk Project in Somali Region
U.S. Government Project to Increase Availability of Affordable and Nutritious Foods in Ethiopia
Scaling Up Nutrition: How Partnerships Are Helping To Deliver Improved Nutrition
Call for Proposals on Livestock and Nutrition Research
U.S. Embassy Jakarta and Millennium Challenge Corporation Launch Community-Based Nutrition Program
Sharing Knowledge and Best Practices through Agriculture-Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange
