Organic Without Boundaries is a blog by IFOAM – Organics International.Uncover interesting stories about organic agriculture and the people working to build a more sustainable world.

Turdumatova Zhazgul is a proud member of the Ishker KG cooperative, an initiative co-founded by eight remarkable women, herself included. Thanks to her involvement with the cooperative, she had the invaluable opportunity to partake in specialized training programs, knowledge that she expertly applied to enhance her agricultural endeavors. The newfound...

Les zones urbaines sahéliennes sont confrontées au triple fardeau de la malnutrition avec la persistance de la dénutrition, de carences multiples et la progression du surpoids et des pathologies associées. Le projet Meriem (Mobiliser les entreprises sahéliennes pour les réponses innovantes à grande échelle contre la malnutrition, 2018-2023), soutenu par l’Agence...

Rekhadevi Bohora serves as the secretary of the Kalika Land Right Agriculture Cooperative, an essential role in her community. Inspired by her cooperative's support, she embarked on an entrepreneurial journey by securing a loan. With these funds, she established her own shop, a testament to her determination and the cooperative's...

Un grupo de mujeres de Abya Yala elevó sus voces firmes y profundas, para hablar sobre la soberanía alimentaria en regiones tan distintas pero tan hermanadas como América y África en la COP 27 de Egipto el pasado 16 de noviembre de 2022, desde organizaciones como Regeneration International y OMANIAP. En el...

Desde los años 70 y más acentuadamente desde los 90, en que se firma la Convención de Brasilia, las mujeres en Latinoamérica, cuyo contexto de actividades se relaciona al medio rural, se han venido organizando en movimientos para llevar adelante luchas que posibiliten hacer visibles sus reclamos, derechos y necesidades, más allá del trabajo doméstico que siempre...

Anita Kumari Chaudhary is a dedicated member of the Kalika Land Rights Agriculture Cooperative in Nepal. Through her affiliation with the cooperative, she gained essential tailoring skills and ventured into entrepreneurship with a cooperative-backed loan. Today, she not only manages her thriving business but has also created job opportunities by...

In Asia, inclusive cooperatives and associations play a pivotal role in surmounting the challenges that women farmers encounter. This video showcases the transformative impact of women-led cooperatives and enterprises, shedding light on how they have empowered and enriched the lives of women farmers.

This systematization presents the outcomes of the use of the "Women in Development" approach (WID) by FAO-Haiti. This women-only approach recognizes the productive role of women, in addition to their reproductive role, and seeks to improve women's living conditions through the implementation of Income Generating Projects. Given the fragility of...

En América Latina y el Caribe las desigualdades en relación a la inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional, la situación de pobreza y capacidades de respuesta ante el cambio climático se encuentran fuertemente ancladas en diferencias de género, origen étnico-racial, grupo etario y territorio, situación que demanda observar la naturaleza entramada de...

A comprehensive study provides an in-depth analysis of the status of mangroves globally, highlighting the critical challenges these vital ecosystems face, including deforestation, climate change, and coastal development. The study underscores the urgent need for coordinated conservation efforts to protect and restore mangrove forests, which are essential for coastal protection,...

This report examines the promise and reality of including smallholders from developing countries in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development. Drawing on an extensive literature review and interviews with diverse stakeholders, we lay out the ambitions, expectations and assumptions hanging on smallholder inclusion with regard to income,...

The Rotterdam Convention Secretariat (NSPRD) and the Gender team in ESP developed this publication with the objective of highlighting the gender-related implication of pesticide use and management, focusing on the role of women in handling hazardous pesticides in agriculture, the reasons why they are at higher risk and the health-related...

Este material es una invitación para conocer distintas experiencias de mujeres agricultoras agroecológicas del territorio de Sobral (estado brasileño de Ceará). Son historias que expresan el trabajo, la diversidad, la producción, el corage, las estrategias, la creatividad, la resistencia y la resiliencia de mujeres campesinas de la región de Semiarido...

El Centro de Conocimiento y Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular del FIDA para América Latina y el Caribe realizó el webinar Prácticas innovadoras de género para la transformación rural: lecciones de Brasil y Uruguay. El webinar presentó la publicación homónima (Descagar publicación), que recoge buenas prácticas de desarrollo rural lideradas por mujeres en el contexto...

Women in the Andean highlands of Cocapata, Bolivia, play a leading role in re-establishing peasant ways of farming, while building innovative connections with urban people. In doing so, they are creating agricultural systems that not only nourish the community and its natural resources but that also support vulnerable populations in...

Land- and nature-based approaches in the agroforestry and forestry sectors provide a unique opportunity to generate win-wins against the interrelated environmental crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation. Harnessing synergies among these environmental goals, reflected in the Rio Conventions, critically hinges on land-use decisions, which are influenced by...

En el marco del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de la Agricultura Familiar 2019-2028 (DNUAF 2019-2028) el Foro Rural Mundial (FRM), junto con la FAO y otras organizaciones de la agricultura familiar, trabajan para lograr la adecuada participación de las mujeres en los espacios de toma de decisión. Es necesario continuar trabajando...

Focused on gender equality, analysis and mainstreaming, the training provided an opportunity for 12 females and 18 males Solomon Islands Government staff from the ministries of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA), Public Service (MPS) and Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) to learn more about...

Shanta Neupane had a vision. From Panauti Municipality, in central Nepal, she could see how hard women in the rural forest and farming communities around her worked in their family smallholdings, helping to feed their households. But although, like Shanta herself, they were members of community forest user groups, these same...