In southern Angola, the Chibia Dam, built with FAO’s technical leadership, provides a reliable source of water for irrigating 750 hectares of farmland and strengthens resilience in drought-prone communities.

The project aims to help cocoa producers adopt sustainable, climate‑resilient agricultural systems by improving farming practices, strengthening technical support and enhancing access to essential services.

Students at St Kizito Namugongo Secondary School harvest fresh vegetables from their hydroponic garden. The greens are used in daily school meals, supporting healthy diets and practical learning.

In Venezuela, the banana has been for generations a symbol of sustenance and tradition, but in 2023, the Fusarium Tropical Race 4 fungus arrived in producing areas causing a phytosanitary emergency. 

In Wau, South Sudan, women farmers are the backbone of their community, using their knowledge and skills to feed their families. 

Admired for her work in greenhouse farming and beekeeping, Sonya Kirgizova became a trusted figure in her community, someone people turned to with questions about crops, pests, food preservation or family health. 

Combining field experience with research-based practices, FAO training is supporting Maryam and other fellow women farmers to strengthen pistachio production under increasingly challenging conditions of drought and water scarcity.

Through workshops and exchanges at the event, Sopheap gained practical knowledge on market demand, product presentation, and trade opportunities, learning not only from experts but also from fellow farmers.

Sophio joined FAO’s ENPARD programme, funded by the European Union and Sweden, to get hands-on training and learn a biological approach to pest management.

For generations, chickpeas have been at the heart of Lebanese cuisine. They are woven into the country's cultural identity, with domestic consumption averaging 3.25 kilograms per person per year.

The Tushauriane project was designed as a learning-oriented pilot. Its value lies in demonstrating how agribusiness training, social norm change, and digital tools can work together to address complex gender-related and productivity challenges.

Here are five countries where farmers are making leaps in agricultural livelihoods thanks to sustainable agricultural mechanization

In Myanmar, FAO helped establish a women-led savings and credit group, through which the women were able to start a small rice noodle production business in their community.

Nurcan threw herself into beekeeping. She also joined FAO training courses, which gave her tools that she immediately put into practice.

The Baka people are adopting new ways of ensuring food security by taking up farming and beekeeping. The Baka youth, in particular, embody their new commitment to agriculture and innovation, with modern beehives, sources of income and nutrition for their families. 

Türkiye’s Bursa black fig and Bursa peach are two standouts in a region known for its fruits and vegetables. They were awarded national geographical indication (GI) status in 2018 and 2019 respectively and European Union GI recognition in 2024. 

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