For Indira Rawat and her family, farming alone could not cover their expenses. So each winter, her husband would leave their home in Nepal for India to seek temporary work.

Loice is one of about 2000 farmers in Kilifi County learning through Tushauriane Schools, community-led “schools without walls” where farmers meet weekly to share ideas, test new farming methods and find solutions to common challenges.

Men and women like Katana and Kalama meet weekly to discuss farming, marketing, and household relations. In these sessions, learning goes beyond production, it becomes a dialogue about equality.

Implementing natural pest and disease remedies for greater climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific

Women weavers in Goenpa Kabab, a remote village in Bhutan’s mountain districts, have always made exquisite silk dresses. Now they are combining this tradition and modern techniques.

Restoring land as part of the Great Green Wall of Africa protects communities against desertification

For the Xukuru Indigenous Peoples, caring for the Ororubá land is their sacred duty, blending cosmogony, biocentrism, ecosystems reading and Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge with state-of-the-art technology. 

Trained by FAO as part of the GCF-funded PEARL project, Commune Agriculture Officers are teaching members of the Eco Farm cooperative climate-resilient farming techniques and business skills to tap into premium markets for their vegetables.

“For us, the forest is sacred: from it we get our medicine, firewood, everything,” says Teodora Vera, a 55-year-old member of the Avá Guaraní, Indigenous Peoples’ community of Y’aka Poty. “The forest is our life.”

Iracema Da Luz Ferreyra’s community in Colonia Alegría, Argentina has seen the effects of deforestation and have awakened to the importance of trees for their lives and livelihoods.

When Zarnigor faced the daunting challenge of supporting her entire family on her own, she began beekeeping, a trade she learned from her father. 

Solar power and smart irrigation reinvigorate fields and lives in Angola

Initially seeking a different path, Ryoujin returned to Jeju and decided to become a haenyeo (or sea woman) like her mother and grandmother before her.

In Düzce, Türkiye, 32 percent of youth are unemployed. Many opt to move to the city in search of work. Beekeeping offers young people an alternative path and income opportunities in rural areas.

Jumana Al-Awawda comes from the West Bank village of Dura, where limited economic opportunities often make it challenging for young people to pursue their aspirations. While studying at Al-Quds University near Jerusalem, she was introduced to hydroponics, a modern farming method that grows plants in a nutrient-rich solution instead of soil.

Indigenous Women lead climate action to preserve agrobiodiversity in Ecuador’s highlands

Lush with rainforests and cocoa plantations, the island country of Sao Tome and Principe is rich in biodiversity but faces increasing forest and land degradation due to agricultural expansion, changes in land use and the impacts of climate change.

Cambodia’s wet season is becoming unpredictable, but now improved flood-resistant seeds are helping Seuy Phok and other rice farmers have more reliable harvests. 

In the heart of Tajikistan, a woman has defied the odds, shattered social norms and transformed the agricultural landscape of communities.

The potato is now a symbol of national transformation. Lesotho chose the potato as its priority product and joined FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative in 2022.