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Making the Difference for Women Farmers in Bangladesh
Learning is a never-ending process. Read the story from IFC on how the training for women in Bangladesh improved production and financial resilience across the food production chain.
Integrating Climate and Nutrition for Multiple Wins
Sustainable, resilient and healthy diets are a key driver of sustainable development. Without available and affordable nutritious food, beating other development challenges will also be an uphill struggle.
Building Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Africa
GAFSP’s projects focus on solutions that support smallholder farmers, countries and agribusinesses to proactively adapt to changing circumstances right away, through access to climate-resilient, drought-resistant seed varieties, or more efficient intercropping methods.
Nourish the World, Secure the Future
This publication contains stories from rural Laos, documenting strategies, techniques, and practices used by rural small-scale farmers. It highlights how they play a crucial role in improving nutrition security and fighting malnutrition among women and children.
It’s Time to Fix Our Food Systems
Here are three ways that the Global Agriculture Food Security Program (GAFSP) can help.
The Laotian Cook: Traditional Recipes from Northern Laos
This expansive culinary guide features voices from smallholder farmers supported by IFAD and GAFSP-funded projects. Featuring over 30 recipes—from rice and soup to meat and vegetables—this book showcases the diverse dishes and ingredients across the country, along with the unique regional specialties.
A Stronger Agriculture Sector Makes Food More Accessible to All Haitians
A World Bank project strengthened the institutional capacity of Haiti’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development by accessing technologies to increase not only agricultural productivity and production but also improved livelihoods and resilience.
Eat Smart - Stay Sharp! Taking Safer and More Nutritious Food to School
For World Food Safety Day, explore the impacts of the GAFSP-funded the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project, linking smallholder farmers producing nutritious food to supply local markets.
Why Channeling Investment to Smallholders Across Africa Is Key for a Resilient Future
From conflict to climate change, communities across Africa are fighting crises on multiple fronts. And now, amid rising global costs, low growth projections and rising insecurity, these crises are set to deepen.
Putting More Food on the Table Despite Crises
The agricultural sector is uniquely positioned to deliver triple wins for communities, supporting them to boost productivity and income generation, build resilience to the impacts of climate change, and reduce emissions through climate-smart farming.
Training for Women Farmers Boosts Opportunity—and Ambition
“I learned not to shy away from ideas that will improve the status of my family,” Seraphine Uwitonze said. “I never thought I was capable and now I know that I am.”
Changing Lives 2023 Edition
Insights into how investments made possible by the GAFSP Private Sector Window help change the lives of farmers worldwide.
Edition 9 | March 2023