rural women

According to The State of Food and Agriculture, giving women the same access to productive resources as men would increase their farm yields by an estimated 20 to 30 per cent

“I think that music can be a very powerful connector because it’s a common ground for all people,” said Midori, world-renowned violinist and United Nations Messenger of Peace

Rural women manage natural resources, adopt climate-resilient agricultural approaches, preserve biodiversity and agriculture productivity

"Rural women want information. Their main area of work is farming but they lack basic information on the best ways to grow and maintain their crops"

The programme helped Assad and his brothers to level, terrace and fence their land. The brothers then built three water-harvesting cisterns and planted more than 1,000 olive..

In remote rural areas of developing countries,an IFAD-supported project is helping women gain the financial and literary skills needed to market and sell their woven products

“We need to face the fact that we will never overcome poverty and hunger without empowering rural women,” said IFAD President Kanayo F. Nwanze in a media release on the...