In Tajikistan, Food Diversity Yields Good Dividends
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
Conservation Farming Activities Boost Crop Yields for Senegalese Cereal Producers
Feed the Future Helps Scale-Up Ridge Tillage in Mali
U.S. Embassy in Kampala Hosts Food Security Fellows
Feed the Future To Launch Nutrition Programs in Africa
U.S. Government Joins Private Sector Partners to Forge Collaboration on Feed the Future Goals
Former Agriculture Secretaries Discuss Food Security as National Security, Urge Bipartisan Support for Feed the Future
Groundbreaking Index Launched to Empower Women and Fight Hunger
Food and Farm Experts Seek Breakthroughs to Feed the Future
Release of the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Certified Organic Coffee Producers Earn Higher Incomes in Uganda
Agro-Nutrition Project Provides Meals in Senegal
