Setting Targets for Poverty Reduction
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
Request for Applications: Feed the Future Food Security Innovation Lab Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet
Peace Corps Staff Receive Training on Food Security in Tanzania
Cambodian Minister of Women’s Affairs Visits Feed the Future Projects
Feed the Future Provides Tanzania Horticulture Association with $4 Million Grant
Innovative Loan Program Increases Financial Access for Kenya’s Poorest Farmers
Nutrition Training Builds Skills and Expertise in Nepal
USDA Grants Will Support Research to Improve Common Bean
Feed the Future Support for Pest Management Pays Off for Papaya Farmers in Asia
New Pesticides Law Promotes Trade in Central America and the Caribbean
USAID Partners with Nigerian Government to Increase Private Financing for Nigerian Agriculture
Feed the Future Groundnut Grants Improve Local Value Chains at the Grassroots Level
