Salma Yasmine lives with her family in a village in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. When she first came here nine years ago she had nothing. Like many in the country, where almost a third of the population lives below the poverty line, her family struggled with financial hardship, food insecurity, and malnutrition.

在过去的20年里，母亲和儿童的营养不良现象几乎减少了一半。但是尽管取得了这些进展，儿童营养不足仍然是世界最严重的与营养相关的健康负担。

研究表明，家庭菜园可以满足高达50%的副食品需求，以及提供大量的维生素和矿物质。对于保障脆弱社区的粮食安全而言，家庭菜园是非常重要的手段。

FAO's new e-learning course aims to strengthen capacity in member countries for designing, developing, implementing and evaluating truly gender-responsive policies, programmes and projects in food and nutrition security.

Ninety-nine years of secure access to good-quality land. To a rural women's group in Banizoumbou, Niger, this isn't just a fairy-tale. It represents the kind of happy ending you can have when everyone in and around a rural community – from the village chief and the landowning men to the landless women, from government ministries and local NGOs to international organizations and research institutes – communicate effectively, share information and work together.