Beads and Seeds: How Feed the Future and a Company Called Rhino Research are Helping Vegetable Farmers
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
American Companies Bring Agricultural Technologies to Smallholder Farmers
Arkansas Coffee Company Teams Up with Smallholder Farmers in Rwanda
Feed the Future: Progress in the Goal of Ending Hunger
Delivering More Bang for Development Bucks: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Feed the Future
New Facilities will Help Reduce Mycotoxin Contamination in Kenya
U.S. African Development Foundation Signs Agreement with Senegal to Support Agricultural Growth
USAID Supports Innovative Livestock Feed Solution
Sweet Potato Recipes for Your Thanksgiving Table
Promoting Agribusiness Opportunities for Youth in Armenia
Malian Students Pursue Advanced Agricultural Science Degrees with Support from Feed the Future
Farm to Cup 2014: University Students Probe the Economics of Coffee in Rwanda
