“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.

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

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.

粮农组织现金+计划促进妇女和弱势家庭的生计。这一为期18个月的计划已在毛里塔尼亚和其他西非国家进行过成功实验，将无条件现金转移与诸如山羊和动物饲料等牲畜生产实物投入结合在一起。

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.

古尔·巴罗·比比（Gul Baro Bibi）很轻松地看着她的蔬菜产品。在她看着那些待收获的秋葵和葫芦时，脸上充满了成就感。蔬菜可能对任何人来说都很普通，但是对于古尔·巴罗·比比来说，她的这一小块菜地却很特别，因为这里讲述着她的故事。

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.

Telma Maria Rena Ramirez是玛扬纳领地博南萨市的一员。她和一群玛扬纳原住民妇女一起，使用本地tuno树的树皮制作包、文件夹和钱包等手工艺品。

粮农组织向老挝农民提供灾害风险减少和管理培训.

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.