On average, women make up about 50 percent of the agricultural labour force in sub-Saharan Africa. However, they are often disadvantaged in their access to productive resources, markets and market information, financial services, technology, training, and

“It is up to us, the women, to find money to feed the family at this time of the year,” explains Sanihan, who lives in the village of Baramadougou, in Mali, with thirteen other members of her family.

The workshop aimed to raise awareness of the importance of management for adaptation and the sustainable use of natural resources. It also sought to facilitate the critical analysis of women´s role in decision-making.

Around 900 vulnerable women, including from women headed households, are being assisted through an FAO initiative to improve household nutrition and rebuild livelihoods in vulnerable communities.

Across rural Lebanon, FAO is helping women dairy producers and processors to improve standards, diversify output and increase income.

There are nearly 75 000 South Sudanese refugees registered in the provinces of Ituri and Haut-Uélé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ms Vieng says she can now call herself a mushroom farmer. Smiling, she holds up one of the bags she learned to prepare during her training on mushroom cultivation, a flush of mushrooms growing from it.

يساعد برنامج الفاو للتحويلات النقدية والإنتاجية الإضافية حاليا 750 أسرة ضعيفة في 36 قرية في منطقة كايس في مالي. ويجمع البرنامج، الذي تبلغ مدته 18 شهرا، والذي سبق اختباره بنجاح في موريتانيا وغيرها من بلدان غرب أفريقيا، بين التحويلات النقدية غير المشروطة وم

Growing traditional vegetables like the African eggplant, or gorongo, is helping a group of farmers who were displaced by Boko Haram to regain and improve their livelihoods, food security, and nutrition — along with their smiles.

A set of three videos explores how FAO projects in rural Afghanistan are helping rural farmers — and women in particular — to help themselves.

تنظر غول بارو بيبي إلى منتجاتها من الخضروات بشعور من الرضى. ويتوهج وجهها بإحساس من الإنجاز وهي تنظر إلى البامية وقَرْع القناني الجاهزين للحصاد. وقد تبدو الخضروات عادية لأي شخص آخر، ولكن بالنسبة لغول بارو بيبي، فإن حقلها الصغير خاص لأنه يحكي قصتها.

For 25-year-old Fathia Moafaa, every day is a struggle to make ends meet.

Nejiha is a beneficiary of FAO's "Productive Transfers / CASH +" project in the wilaya of Gorgol, in southern Mauritania. The project, funded by Finland, aims to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations in Mauritania and Mali.

“It is a terrifying reality that women in South Sudan have little to no rights,” explains Abdal Monium Osman, FAO Head of Programmes in South Sudan.

A look at FAO’s work with rural men and women farmers in a remote and rugged region of Bangladesh.

تنتمي تلما ماريا رينا راميريز، عضو بلدية بونانزا في إقليم ماياغنا، إلى مجموعة من نساء الشعوب الأصلية اللواتي يعملن بلحاء شجرة التونو لأجل الحرف اليدوية، مثل صنع الشنط اليدوية والمجلدات والمحافظ.

توفّر المنظمة التدريب على الحد من مخاطر الكوارث وإدارتها للمزارعين في لاوس .

In 2010, severe flooding killed nearly 2 000 people in Pakistan and wiped out 1.6 million homes. Whole villages were submerged, and families lost not only their homes, but also their livestock and standing crops.

With El Niño following hard on the heels of Tropical Cyclone Pam in March 2015, subsistence farmer Ruta Bule faced a difficult recovery. “Cyclone Pam came and that was bad,” she explained. “The storm spoiled our gardens. But then El Niño came and that was

A new video, released by FAO on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22), illustrates how men and women in rural Uganda are making climate change adaptation work for them.