Для передачи стельных коров породы «Алатау» были отобраны сельские жительницы из числа одиноких матерей, имеющих не менее 2 детей в возрасте до 18 лет, и участвующих в сельских группах взаимопомощи.

“These days collecting firewood for cooking is not easy,” said Jersy Yata, in Lainya County, near Juba in the Republic of South Sudan. “Sometimes we will stay for days without food because there is no firewood to cook with.”

For most of her married life, 38-year-old Sardara Ali Khan has been the sole breadwinner of her household.

According to statistics, over one-third of Rwandan children are stunted due to chronic malnutrition. In April 2015, FAO Rwanda launched a project to fight malnutrition and stunting in the country's Rutsiro district.

How an FAO project enabled rural women in Pakistan's flood-ravaged provinces of Sindh and Balochistan to start growing their own vegetables for improved food security, nutrition and much more.

Community Nutrition Kitchens target women and youth for improved household food and nutrition security.

Around 1 000 women market vendors – farmers who were adversely affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston – have received agriculture supplies that will help in their efforts to replant their crops. The produce will eventually be sold to market.

For women like Drocella, and for men like Emmanuel too, the Joint Programme on “Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women” is making a difference.

Students from St Mary’s College in Apia, Samoa can finally begin their school garden project.

The loss of livelihoods resulting from Typhoon Haiyan had far-reaching effects on the overall quality of life of Filipino fishers, particularly for women, who play an important role in the post-harvest processing of fish.

In 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Angola embarked on a technical cooperation project to address post-harvest fishery losses in five fishing communities around Lake Ngolome, in Angola’s northwe

Calls for renewed vision and expanded Africa-for-Africa cooperation and South-South Cooperation

«Мы получили подготовку по гендерным вопросам, и это очень важно, потому что теперь мы помогаем друг другу и общаемся с другими женщинами из нашей группы. Нам предоставили все необходимые материалы для того, чтобы успешно заниматься бизнесом и общественно

Fanny Jackson, 29, a member of Tiwale VSL Group talks about the link between household economic independence and climate shocks in Phalombe district, one of 15 districts declared a disaster area by President Peter Mutharika in early 2015.

Across hundreds of rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Dimitra project is making a difference in the lives of rural women and men. This week, in honor of International Women's Day, we spotlight two such communities.

ФАО и Средняя школа Гаяза в Уганде ведут совместную работу по развитию возможностей школьников в области обучения и приобретения сельскохозяйственных навыков, а также по обеспечению их более здоровым и полноценным питанием.

Rebuilding productive assets affected by the Ebola outbreak.

Mira Upreti kneels on the dirt floor in her hut, cooking food on a makeshift fireplace. The corrugated iron roof and walls, and the fire, make the air inside hot and smoky. At night, mosquitos come in through the chicken wire covering the open windows.

Таджикистан – страна с молодым населением. Возраст семи из десяти жителей не превышает 30 лет, и страна считает свое молодое и растущее поколение важным активом, в который следует инвестировать ради будущего. В последние годы были достигнуты значительные

Мужчины и женщины, живущие в отдаленных сельских областях Читтагонгского горного района, сегодня с большей степенью оптимизма относятся к своему будущему и к способности противостоять возможным потрясениям, которые могут угрожать их источникам средств