Fifty-four pregnant “Ala-Tau” heifers were handed over to rural women in the region of Issyk-Kul last month.

“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.

台风造成的生计损失对菲律宾渔民整体生活质量产生了深远影响，尤其是在鱼类收获后加工中发挥重要作用的妇女。

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

“我们在性别文化方面也受到了培训，这非常重要，因为我们与团体内的女同事互相帮助、交换意见。我们得到了足以让我们在社区与商业层面开展业务的一切材料，”“Guajiquiro San Juan地区发展青年农民团体”解释道。

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.

FAO and the Gayaza High School in Uganda are working together to develop opportunities for students to learn and acquire agricultural skills while eating healthier and nutritious food.

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.

塔吉克斯坦的人口呈年轻化特征。该国30岁以下的人口占七成，该成长中的年轻一代被视作该国投资未来的重要资产。近年来，塔吉克斯坦在减少失业和消除贫困方面已取得巨大进步，现在他们开始关注营养问题。

生活在吉大港山区偏远地带的农村男女现在对他们的未来及其农业生计抵御未来冲击的能力更加充满信心。