International Day of Rural Women and World Food Day
Celebrate the role of women in food production and protecting biodiversity for a resilient future on Oct. 15, the International […]
Nigeria: Women’s collectives protecting gorilla wildlife sanctuary (Mongabay)
In the communities surrounding Nigeria’s Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, women’s conservation collectives are transforming the protection of a biodiversity hotspot […]
Senegal: When adapting to climate change starts in the kitchen (FAO)
How do you grow vegetables when access to land is limited, soils are degrading, and markets are far away? This […]
Ethiopia: How radio is helping women farmers build climate resilience
Farmers across the continent are adapting to unpredictable rainfall, rising temperatures, and increasing soil erosion, trying to maintain and improve […]
Uganda: One woman’s business is bringing regenerative farming to urban areas
Lilian Nakigozi grew up in Katanga slum in Kampala, Uganda, with eight siblings. Food was not guaranteed, and at times […]
Cameroon: Woman farmer goes from planting local seed to having lasting impact (Alliance Bioversity & CIAT)
Angel Tadie began her farming journey with local seeds bought from the market. When she began farming, she could get […]
Celebrate the International Year of Women Farmers
Women play essential roles in their families and communities, nurturing, caring, and feeding children, husbands, parents, siblings, and neighbours. Women […]
Nigeria: Solar power helps woman grow her business (Heifer International)
Unreliable electricity is a challenge for small businesses in many places, and Edo State, Nigeria, is no exception. For Christabel […]
Nigeria: Women shut out of land ownership cultivate a path forward (Christian Science Monitor)
Early one morning at the Longvel market, in Plateau State, Nigeria, a small crowd gathers around a motorized tricycle stacked […]
Senegal: Women plant local fruit tree species to address land degradation
Under the blazing sun of Kaffrine, about 250 kilometres southeast of Dakar in Senegal, a figure moves slowly between rows […]