On average, women make up about 50 percent of the agricultural labour force in sub-Saharan Africa. However, they are often disadvantaged in their access to productive resources, markets and market information, financial services, technology, training, and

“C’est à nous, les femmes, que revient la responsabilité de trouver de l’argent pour nourrir la famille à cette période.” Sanihan vit dans le village de Baramadougou, au Nord de la région de Ségou, au Mali, avec treize autres membres de sa famille.

The workshop aimed to raise awareness of the importance of management for adaptation and the sustainable use of natural resources. It also sought to facilitate the critical analysis of women´s role in decision-making.

Around 900 vulnerable women, including from women headed households, are being assisted through an FAO initiative to improve household nutrition and rebuild livelihoods in vulnerable communities.

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

There are nearly 75 000 South Sudanese refugees registered in the provinces of Ituri and Haut-Uélé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ms Vieng says she can now call herself a mushroom farmer. Smiling, she holds up one of the bags she learned to prepare during her training on mushroom cultivation, a flush of mushrooms growing from it.

Le programme CASH+ de la FAO vient en aide à 750 ménages vulnérables dans 36 villages de la région de Kayes au Mali. Le programme associe des transferts monétaires non conditionnels à la fourniture d’intrants en nature pour l’élevage (chèvres et aliments

Comment un légume traditionnel contribue aux sourires radieux des familles de déplacés dans le nord du Nigéria.

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

Gul Baro Bibi contemple avec satisfaction son champ de légumes. Le sentiment du devoir accompli se lit sur son visage lorsqu’elle regarde ses okras et ses courges bouteilles prêtes à être récoltées.

For 25-year-old Fathia Moafaa, every day is a struggle to make ends meet.

Nejiha is a beneficiary of FAO's "Productive Transfers / CASH +" project in the wilaya of Gorgol, in southern Mauritania. The project, funded by Finland, aims to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations in Mauritania and Mali.

“It is a terrifying reality that women in South Sudan have little to no rights,” explains Abdal Monium Osman, FAO Head of Programmes in South Sudan.

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

Telma Maria Rena Ramirez, qui vit dans la municipalité de Bonanza du territoire Mayangna, fait partie d’un groupe de femmes autochtones Mayangna qui utilisent l'écorce du tuno, un arbre endémique, pour fabriquer des objets d'artisanat, tels que des sacs,

La FAO offre aux agriculteurs laotiens des formations en matière de réduction et de gestion des risques de catastrophe.

In 2010, severe flooding killed nearly 2 000 people in Pakistan and wiped out 1.6 million homes. Whole villages were submerged, and families lost not only their homes, but also their livestock and standing crops.

With El Niño following hard on the heels of Tropical Cyclone Pam in March 2015, subsistence farmer Ruta Bule faced a difficult recovery. “Cyclone Pam came and that was bad,” she explained. “The storm spoiled our gardens. But then El Niño came and that was

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.