Publications
From land and water | Recipes from women pastoralists, producers, fishers and farmers
07/09/2026
Published during the International Year of Woman Farmer and the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, this cookbook celebrates the women behind the recipes, highlighting the skills, traditions and innovations that nourish communities and support more sustainable agrifood systems. 152 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | From a listener in the field to a voice in the community: My journey as a woman farmer (By Shahida Dahri, Pakistan)
01/09/2026
As the daughter of a tenant farming family in Sindh, Pakistan, Shahida first sits beside her mother at an FAO Women Open School, simply listening. A small kitchen garden becomes the place where she grows vegetables, confidence and new skills, from composting to digital tools for identifying plant diseases. Despite those who believe a girl should stay at home, she becomes a Women Farmer Facilitator supporting 30 women. 10 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | Building climate resilience, one basin at a time: A woman farmer in Trinidad and Tobago holds onto her soil and water as the seasons turn against her (By Salisha Bellamy, Trinidad and Tobago)
01/09/2026
After losing her first maize crop to drought, Salisha realizes the changing seasons are no longer temporary. Through a FAO-funded climate resilience training, she rebuilds her farm with contour planting, check dams, mini-terraces and fruit basins that hold water on the slopes. As the soil begins to recover, so does her confidence. 9 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | Not my food: The changing face of food (By Kanangwa Hamuyamba Newlove, Zambia)
01/09/2026
A childhood refusal to eat meat sends Kanangwa searching for what she calls “real food”, beginning a relationship with growing food that follows her into adulthood. Years later, she builds an organic farming business near Lusaka, Zambia. Met with mockery and scepticism, she keeps going. 10 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | The abandoned seed that germinated: Cast out at sixteen, a Ugandan girl finds her way back through beekeeping and brings other women with her (By Rebecca Akullu, Uganda)
01/09/2026
Pregnant at sixteen, Rebecca is banished to a grass-thatched hut and told to fend for herself. Hawking clothes from market to market, she saves what little she can until, two years later, she finds her way back to school. A job at a bee farm leads her to her calling in beekeeping and to other young mothers who, unlike her, had not been given a second chance. 10 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | Seeds of dignity: From struggle to global food sovereignty (By Zeinab Almoumani, Jordan)
01/09/2026
After losing her mother who worked for years in the fields under the Jordanian sun, Zeinab promises to stand beside the women who work the land. She becomes the founder of a women’s cooperative that grows into a movement. After two years of legal disputes, she secures recognition for women farming leased land and later wins the right - during a live national television debate - to establish the first union for women farmers. 10 p.
Assessing dairy’s role in women’s empowerment: A systematic review
01/09/2026
The purpose of this paper is to review the available evidence on the impacts of dairy production on SDG5, Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls. Results show that dairy development can contribute to women's empowerment, but the effects are generally modest. 64 p.
Sowing stories, cultivating equality | Pumpkin porridge: A mother fights hunger and for her rights by bringing back the local foods (By Masudio Margaret Eberu, Uganda)
01/09/2026
In northern Uganda, the loss of indigenous seeds and increasingly erratic rains leave many families struggling to produce enough food. Through a women’s rights programme and farmers’ associations, Masudio revives neglected local foods, runs cookery demonstrations for youth. 9 p.