Success stories
FAO's work on gender equality and women's empowerment at country levelDiversifying diets to address malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
30/04/2019
By supporting children’s health from their first 1 000 days of life, FAO is sustainably strengthening the food security and nutrition of future generations and helping to achieve #ZeroHunger.
From the farm to the school table
23/04/2019
Although the pilot programme in Kyrgyzstan only serves 29 schools, its success could serve as a model for other initiatives across the country.
Doing business with her heart
16/04/2019
Rising above some initial difficulties, such as inconsistent supply of materials and strong competition from imports, the young businesswomen is living her dream and remains optimistic about her evolving business.
An unusual porridge concocted by an untraditional cook helps end child stunting in Zimbabwe
26/03/2019
A #ZeroHunger world isn’t just about stopping people from going hungry, it is about ensuring that they get enough of the right kind of nutritious food to lead healthy productive lives.
Strengthening good agricultural practices to boost production
15/03/2019
FAO and WFP are working together to support rural farming communities who are gradually returning to their villages after being forced to flee.
A change in diet brings a change in health for Kenyan farmers
13/03/2019
As key partners to FAO’s ISPP project, the extension workers from the Ministry of Agriculture have trained the farmers in conservation agriculture techniques, nutrition-sensitive crop production and utilization and aspects of agribusiness.
A heart for business: women farmers turned entrepreneurs in Rwanda
28/02/2019
Christine was one of 600 participants in FAO’s Farmer Field and Life Schools. Each group learned good practices for farming as well as some other important skills, such as financial literacy.
Model farmer leading the change in more than just farming
19/02/2019
Challenging gender norms by providing equal opportunities for both men and women.
Science combatting desertification in the Sahel
11/02/2019
Barkissa Fofana research, a result of partnership between INERA and AAD programme, is one example of how the programme is working to make degraded land in the Sahel green and productive again.
Strengthening resilience in Mali
06/02/2019
Sanihan, like other beneficiaries of the project in the Ségou and Mopti regions, received training in good agricultural and pastoral practices as the project is linked to agropastoral field schools, and she is enrolled in a VSLA.
Kenyan youth discover a promising future in farming
31/01/2019
Purity Karemi was enrolled in a FAO training as part of an agribusiness project. The programme targeted youth in the area and prepared them to work in commercial agricultural product.
Connecting farmers with networks and new resources
02/01/2019
Smallholder farmers gain visibility that enable them for better bargaining in the market and also facilitate the sharing of best practices and opportunities.
Clean energy solutions in Tanzania
13/12/2018
With the demand for milk and milk products estimated to more than double by 2020, and the high percentage of rural households living without electricity, biogas digesters can provide an effective, clean energy solution for families in Tanzania.
Fuel-efficient stoves are keeping women safer in Nigeria
14/11/2018
Locally-made stoves reduce the health and safety risks for women and girls.
Feeding future generations with recipes from the past
06/11/2018
Through a nutrition education programme, indigenous women in Guatemala are reviving ancestral culinary traditions and fighting malnutrition at the same time.
Securing land tenure rights for men and women farmers in Sierra Leone
01/11/2018
Two-thirds of Sierra Leone’s population is involved in subsistence agriculture. Farmers — most of them women —operate in an informal and precarious system without any legal titles to their lands.
More water, new hope: A woman farmer in rural Senegal
25/10/2018
Like many farmers in Senegal, Guilé Mané used to struggle through the dry season. Rainfall here can be very low and irregular, even in the rainy season.
For Scofia and Sarah, farming is the path to self-sufficiency
13/09/2018
“My life is so different now,” says 23-year-old Scofia Sadik Mandera, with a big smile on her face.
Goats help power the engine of recovery for women in northeastern Nigeria
11/09/2018
The Kanyi (a local name for a Sahel breed of goat), has long been the preferred breed among women herders of the Lake Chad Basin. However, due to a nine-year long insurgency, goat ownership in northeastern Nigeria has declined significantly.
Never too old: Grandmother Akuilina Ihurre joins a farmers’ group
21/08/2018
New skills, new hope: How a FAO Farmer Field School in Torit, South Sudan became a turning point for an elderly widow.