How Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools are nurturing leaders for today and tomorrow.

'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.

Le projet Dimitra est en train de transformer la vie des femmes et des hommes dans des centaines de communautés rurales en Afrique sub-saharienne. Cette semaine, en l'honneur de la Journée Internationale de la Femme, nous voudrions mettre en lumière les c

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.

En Éthiopie, 71 pour cent de la population a moins de 30 ans et les possibilités d’emploi décent offertes aux jeunes font défaut.

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.

Un projet d’agriculture intelligente face au climat mis en œuvre par la FAO au Népal aide des familles comme celle d’Ashmita à améliorer leurs rendements et leurs moyens d’existence, en leur évitant d’émigrer à l’étranger.

L’objectif des CEP n'est pas seulement de renforcer les capacités techniques des agriculteurs, mais également de contribuer au développement communautaire, y compris l'égalité entre les sexes et l'inclusion sociale.

Les femmes apprennent de nouvelles techniques visant à lutter contre la faim et à aider leurs communautés.

« Le programme nous apprend à prendre soin des enfants en bas âge. Ils doivent manger des bouillies enrichies. ».

Histoires de Hanen Talbi, de Sonia Mhamdi et d’Imen Chelbi.

Au Kenya, la FAO et l’Union européenne aident des petites agricultrices à produire plus et à gagner plus en pratiquant l’agriculture de conservation (AC) et en facilitant leur accès aux marchés.

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.