The Dimitra project is an information and communication project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Its objective is to highlight rural women’s contribution to food security and sustainable development. 

Milk producers can increase their income and utilise their skills and resources better if they are working in groups. This book aims to promote the organization of small-scale milk collection and processing as a sustainable, income-generating activity for household food [...]

In recent years, the potential of microfinance as a tool for poverty alleviation has been increasingly recognized. Hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest need access to financial services whether to access loans or to safely save small amounts of [...]

The Dimitra team has undertaken several missions to Africa and the Near East to relaunch information collection activities with the partners situated in these regions, among which we have the great pleasure of welcoming SANGONeT/Womens’Net in South Africa and ONG [...]

2001 is already drawing to a close, and it has been an eventful year. The Dimitra Guidebook for Africa and the Near East has been published.