Service Meets Food Security for Feed the Future Peace Corps Volunteers
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.
Q&A with Ann Vaughan, USAID Senior Advisor for Climate Change: Tackling Gender Inequality Lessens Hunger
While climate change affects everyone, its effects are not felt equally. Farmers worldwide face threats to their livelihoods from devastating seasonal changes and extreme weather. Read more
Dual-Purpose Seeds in Senegal Make Life Easier and More Profitable for Farmers
Innovative, specially-bred dual-purpose millet and cowpea seed varieties can be grown on the same plot of land at the same time and grow bigger plants… Read more
Senegal
Building a Better Peanut: Ugandan Scientist’s Studies Help Bring Farmers a More Resilient Crop
A disease that ravages peanut crops in the country can contribute to food insecurity, but researchers like Esther Achola are fighting back with innovative new… Read more
Uganda
Food Security in Lebanon Starts With Seeds, Seedlings and Compost for Smallholder Farmers
As the global food security crisis creates challenges for farmers, an agricultural program in Lebanon is distributing critical resources to help thousands. Lebanon… Read more
Stories
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Smart Partnerships and Country-Led Development: How the Millennium Challenge Corporation Fights Hunger and Poverty
Working with African Communities to Build a Future Free from Hunger
Meet the U.S. Government Team Making a Difference in the Fight to End Global Hunger
U.S. Company Helps Smallholder Farmers Fight Hunger Abroad
Feed the Future Tackles Undernutrition in Nepal
Researchers Reduce Processing of Soy Products to Boost Household Consumption
Community Health Services Help Pregnant Women and Young Children in Tajikistan
Integrating Nutrition Training into Agricultural Production Improves Family Health and Incomes in Tanzania
Rural Cambodians Learn Importance of Dietary Diversity
1,000 Day Households Concept Takes Hold in Northern Ghana to Prevent Widespread Stunting
