1,000 Days to Change the Future Event Highlights Importance of Nutrition
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
Call for Applications: Dissertation Fellowships to Strengthen Evidence Base on Gender and Agriculture
Ahead of G8 Summit, Scaling Up Nutrition Event Highlights Global Commitment to Food & Nutrition Security
Feed the Future Launched in Tajikistan
Feed the Future Helps Improve Rice Production in Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania
U.S. African Development Foundation Supports Local Tanzanian Cereal Association
USDA Celebrates 150th Anniversary
Secretary Clinton Hosts a Reception Celebrating the New Partnership to Advance Food and Nutrition Security on the Occasion of the 2012 G8 Summit
Investing in Food Security
Secretary Clinton Video Address to 1,000 Days Event in Chicago
Advancing Food and Nutrition Security – A Student Perspective
Obama Urges G8 to Next Step in World Food Security
