In Senegal, Cooking with Wild Ingredients May Help Improve Household Nutrition Outcomes
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
Food Security Roundtable Highlights Innovation as Key to Advancing Goals of Feed the Future and U.S. Exporters
USAID Administrator Shah Welcomes Results of New Global Agricultural Development Progress Report
Putting the "Impact" in Investing
U.S.-Educated Official Transforms Nigeria’s Farm Sector
USAID Administrator Talks Partnerships and Philanthropy
Responding to Acute Malnutrition in the Sahel
Boosts in Harvests Can Fight Poverty
M&E Blog Series: Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index Twitter Chat Follow Up
USAID Official to Speak on Global Food Security
Women Need More Resources to Produce More Food, Expert Says
The U.S. Economic Relationship with the Western Hemisphere
