Amidst the picturesque desert landscapes of Rigan in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s southeastern Kerman province, one community is witnessing a remarkable revival of its culinary tradition while upholding environmental sustainability.

The impacts of climate change in Cabo Verde are evident with drought and pests hurting the productivity and incomes of the country’s farmers, like Elisabeth Da Conceiçao. 

Through an FAO- facilitated Farmer Field School, farmers were trained in GAP principles including environmental sustainability, food safety and quality, economic viability and social acceptability. 

In northwestern Bangladesh, farmers often struggle to access markets to sell their produce, to the extent that they often cannot even afford to repay the lease on the land.

In the small village of Betano, nestled in the lush landscapes of central Timor-Leste, a simple dispute over a humble legume has caused a quiet revolution to take root.

Like millions around the world, Kinley Wangmo and her family were left without a source of income during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. Unlike most of the world, this Bhutanese mother found a livelihood solution in hydroponics farming, which involves growing plants in a special nutrient-rich water instead of using soil.

Farming has been a way of life for Jacqueline Hakizimana, but the techniques that were passed down to her weren’t producing enough to feed her family.

Augustina Akosua Asor Tufuor’s entrepreneurial spark was ignited while she was a student at the University of Ghana Business School and enrolled in a course on business management. The same year, she met a group of rural farmers and saw the vast potential for local agricultural products, as well as the hurdles they faced.  

In the sun-drenched hills of Palestine, in towns like Qabalan, Dura and Tufah, a quiet transformation is unfolding despite challenges such as conflict, transportation delays, soaring costs, and climate change, with Palestinians—especially women in farming and herding communities—forging a new path of resilience and empowerment.  

Christabel Kwasi, a young Ghanian farmer and mother, learned that with better farming practices, she and her family can rely on fonio all year-round.

Among the various types of potatoes grown all over the world, there is a particular reddish variety called UNICA, growing in Esther Murugi’s half an acre of land in Laikipia County, Kenya. Named after the University of Ica in southern Peru, where UNICA was initially released in the 1990s, this variety is now being grown by potato farmers across the globe.

Through a GEF-funded FAO project, women in Kazakhstan receive hands-on training on successful greenhouse cultivation and sustainable agriculture. 

Through Pacífico Biocultural, a GEF-funded project, FAO promotes the understanding of the interconnectedness between cultural and biological diversity.

Esther Kyalo participates in a Farmer Field School in Kitui county, Kenya. Assisting farmers in developing their businesses, farmer field schools are an integral part of Kenya’s National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project, financed by the World Bank and designed and implemented with the support of FAO’s Investment Centre.

In Magdalena Milpas Altas, in central Guatemala, Marla Chanta, a 45-year-old artisan, is crafting more than artisanry – she is creating new opportunities for her family and community.

FAO’s Commit to Grow Equality initiative has attracted an initial set of wide-ranging commitments from a diverse group of stakeholders that could benefit up to 54 million women in agrifood systems. 

Shingirai and Gertrude participate in the World Food Programme’s (WFP) urban cash assistance and urban resilience programmes that target food-insecure households to provide immediate relief and build sustainable livelihoods.

It was 2022, and Bipana Bishwakarma’s husband, Bishal, had recently lost his job working in an aluminium factory in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. While he looked for work, first returning to their village and then going back to Malaysia, Bipana started contemplating ways that she too ...

The fight against deforestation in Paraguay is getting a boost from an unlikely source: cutting-edge technology and data from space, coupled with the expertise of local forest conservationists.

In 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a one-wee...

Once again, it hasn’t rained enough in the monsoon season in Bihar, an eastern state of India. The wells have gone dry, and 27-year-old Pudi Soren has to travel to the riverside to grow crops, such as chickpeas and rice, that provide necessary calories and sustenance in the winter months.

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