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Gender Theme Month 2023

4 women operate farm machinery

Earlier this year on January 4, the U.S. government launched the first-ever interagency Strategy on Global Women’s Economic Security, which envisions a world in which women and girls are able to fully, meaningfully and equally contribute to and benefit from economic growth and global prosperity. This strategy is important for Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, led by USAID, considering agriculture and food systems are such important contributors to economic growth in many countries. At the launch of the strategy, Administrator Power noted, “...we just can’t solve the greatest challenges of our time without empowering women economically. It just can’t be done. It’s structurally impossible.”

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Three photos of F2F volunteers in Colombia, Guatemala, and Guyana.

Women-led Capacity Sharing for Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Caribbean Basin

Since 2019, over 180 U.S.-based women have volunteered their technical expertise through F2F assignments in our six host countries. From the field to the market, these volunteers support local partners...
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Susanna Meyer

Mar 29, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Gender Nutrition
Women farmers in Kasungu district of Malawi talk with researchers from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut and others in February about the training and input support they receive from Limbe Leaf.

Researching Challenges and Opportunities for Gender-Inclusive Groundnut Commercialization in Malawi

As Malawi makes a historic transition away from tobacco as its dominant cash crop, companies in the tobacco sector are turning to other crops, such as groundnut, and working to...
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut

Mar 28, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade Gender Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance
Businesswoman owner showing safe food processing technology

Women-Owned Enterprise Combines Technology and Food Safety for Fruit Processing Invention

Combining her expertise as a food engineer with the knowledge she gained from BD4FS technical assistance, Nafissatou invented a “de-pulping” machine specifically for ditax.

Food Enterprise Solutions (FES)

Mar 27, 2023
Food Safety Gender Nutrition
Three women walk along a trail.

How Women Bring the Environmental, Social and Governance Framework to Agriculture

Female farmers work to increase crop yield and educate farmers across Africa and the Middle East. They use the ESG framework to improve crop yield quality and provide other female...

Jane Marsh

Mar 24, 2023
Gender
A woman in Senegal examines crops.

Businesswomen Lead Development of Safe, Nutritious Food Systems in Senegal

According to a partner, BD4FS trainings allowed SMEs to discover new ways of operating efficient tools for the management of food safety in businesses and at home and provided knowledge...
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Feed the Future Business Drivers for Food Safety (BD4FS)

Mar 23, 2023
Food Safety Markets and Trade Gender
Women farmers in the field.

Not Just Farmers’ Wives: Overcoming Stereotypes of Women in Agriculture

Are women in agriculture destined to remain “the farmer’s wife” and never farmers in their own right, even if they do most of the agricultural work?

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

Mar 23, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Policy and Governance Resilience
A mother holder her baby as the woman picks leafy vegetables. Photo by Sarah Doyle.

Can Neglected and Underutilized Species Provide a Pathway to Women’s Empowerment?

Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) are often celebrated for their potential to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. However, narratives about women and NUS are often overly simplistic.
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Marlène Elias

Mar 23, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition Resilience
Women sit on the ground while harvesting litchi.

How Can Gender Research and Evidence Influence Policies to Empower Women?

Women can be empowered through evidence-based policies, which is possible through thoughtful projects that yield desired data for targeted, impactful interventions.

Mahesh Chander

Mar 21, 2023
Climate and Natural Resources Education and Extension Gender Policy and Governance Resilience
A female poultry farmer holds a chicken in Kiambu County, Kenya.

Roles of Women, Men and Youth in Ensuring Food Safety on Kenyan Poultry Farms

A new study highlights the significant role played by women and youth in small-scale poultry production in Kenya and identifies key activities to increase their success in reducing foodborne illness.
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Mar 20, 2023
Food Safety Gender
Women gather in a circle at one of the nutrition-sensitive agriculture trainings. Credit: JSI

Women’s Empowerment: An Essential Ingredient for Improved Nutrition in India

Findings from human-centered design formative research on agriculture and diet behaviors.

USAID Advancing Nutrition

Mar 16, 2023
Agricultural Productivity Gender Nutrition

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