'Me Maphoka Thaba is a rural farmer in the village of Ha Khojane, Mahobong, in the district of Leribe, in northern Lesotho. Still active and energetic at 72, she has faced many problems that are all too common to rural farmers in Lesotho.

The new ASTF funded project is going to focus on the next mostly affected malnutrition districts in Rwanda, which are Bugesera, Gisagara, Gakenke and Ruhango.

Across hundreds of rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Dimitra project is making a difference in the lives of rural women and men. This week, in honor of International Women's Day, we spotlight two such communities.

Fanny Jackson, 29, a member of Tiwale VSL Group talks about the link between household economic independence and climate shocks in Phalombe district, one of 15 districts declared a disaster area by President Peter Mutharika in early 2015.

In 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Angola embarked on a technical cooperation project to address post-harvest fishery losses in five fishing communities around Lake Ngolome, in Angola’s northwest region.

For most of her married life, 38-year-old Sardara Ali Khan has been the sole breadwinner of her household.

A new video, released by FAO on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22), illustrates how men and women in rural Uganda are making climate change adaptation work for them.

A look at FAO’s work with rural men and women farmers in a remote and rugged region of Bangladesh.

A set of three videos explores how FAO projects in rural Afghanistan are helping rural farmers — and women in particular — to help themselves.

Across rural Lebanon, FAO is helping women dairy producers and processors to improve standards, diversify output and increase income.

إذ إن 71 في المائة من سكان إثيوبيا هم دون سنّ الثلاثين، وكثير منهم يفتقرون إلى فرص العيش الكريم.

Faced with the worst drought in living memory, more than 1 million people were forced to flee their homes last year as hunger tightened its grip, pushing the country to the brink of famine.

يساعد مشروع الزراعة الذكية مناخيا في نيبال الأُسرَ، مثل أسرة أشميتا، على تحسين محاصيلها وسُبُل عيشها، بمنحها بدائل للهجرة إلى الخارج.

الغرض من مدارس المزارعين الحقلية ليس فقط بناء القدرة التقنية للمزارعين، ولكن أيضا المساهمة في تنمية المجتمع المحلي، بما في ذلك المساواة بين الجنسين والإدماج الاجتماعي.

النساء يتعلمن مهارات جديدة لمكافحة الجوع ومساعدة مجتمعاتهن.

وهي تقول: "في هذا البرنامج نتعلّم رعاية الأطفال الصغار. يجب أن يتناولوا عصيدة مُقوّاة".

قصة حنان طالبي، وسونيا محمدي، وإيمان شلبي.

تلعب الزراعة دوراً محورياً في حياة معظم السكان في كينيا إذ يعتمد عليها 70 بالمائة تقريباً من السكان، غالبيتهم من النساء.

In Ethiopia’s southeast region, livestock are essential for survival. “We were pure herders. We used to follow the water and grass,” said Mahabo Hassen, a female livestock owner from the outskirts of Warder, in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.

كيف وجد اللاجئون الغواتيماليون السلام والازدهار في حياتهم من خلال الزراعة