Feed the Future Newsletter, Issue 133, March 2024
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), if the gender gap in farm productivity and the wage gap in agricultural employment were closed, the world’s gross domestic product would rise by almost $1 trillion, and 45 million fewer people would be food insecure. To solve the greatest challenges of our time, we have to not only reach women, we need to ensure they benefit from interventions that are targeted toward their needs.
Investing in women is one of the biggest opportunities to transform agriculture. Women make up nearly half the agricultural workforce in low-income countries, but lag behind men in access to land, inputs, services, finance and digital technology. Feed the Future is dedicated to making sure that agrifood systems are sustainable, resilient and work for everyone. Millions of women are ready, willing and capable of ending hunger — if only we dismantle the barriers preventing them. Read more about Feed the Future’s efforts to empower women in agriculture in this month’s issue.
With increasing vulnerability to climate, conflict, health and economic risks, resilience of people, communities and systems is more vital than ever. Without strengthened sources of resilience, the lives and livelihoods…
Read MoreBuilding upon the lessons learned from the 2018-2023 Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) Nigeria Country Plan, the United States government (USG) is adapting its strategic approach to supporting Nigeria’s food…
Read MoreFrom record-breaking temperatures, droughts to devastating floods, the climate crisis is disrupting how communities grow and access nourishing food. In this issue we share how Feed the Future works hand-in-hand…
Read MoreIn our October newsletter, read how Feed the Future is investing in nutrition by transforming food systems and expanding its reach to more countries.
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