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Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania Plant for the Future
In Tanzania’s fertile highlands of Morogoro and potato belt of Njombe, smallholder farmers have long faced a familiar trap: hard work in the fields, but little to show for it once middlemen and post-harvest losses eat into their earnings.
Cultivating Leadership and Better Nutrition: Inside Cambodia’s Shift Toward Organic Farming
In the remote, rural landscapes of Mondulkiri Province in Northern Cambodia, smallholder agricultural communities, many from the Indigenous Bunong group, are facing the dual pressures of climate vulnerability and economic isolation.
Changing Lives 2026 Edition
Building private sector opportunities in the world’s most challenging markets.
The Gambia: Turning Post-Harvest Losses Into Value in Jahaur Village
In rural Gambia, smallholder women farmers face a harsh reality: they work hard to grow food, yet a significant share of their harvest never reaches a market or a meal.
Growing Recovery and Resilience for the Women of Haiti’s Grand’Anse
The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø and Food Security Program (GAFSP) , committed to boosting the economic autonomy of women farmers, particularly in countries facing fragility and conflict, has been supporting women’s livelihoods in Grand’Anse, through a project in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP).
Linking Farmers to Markets: A Sustainable Model from a Rural Municipality in Nepal
From subsistence to market-ready: With investments in agricultural inputs, infrastructure, and farmer skills, a World Bank Group–supported project is helping Tripura Sundari Rural Municipality shift toward commercial farming and stronger, more resilient value chains.
In Rugged Kyrgyzstan, Smallholder Farmers Turn Hardship Into Hope
A new WFP-ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍøinitiative gives food growers the tools to boost incomes and diets - and better adapt to weather extremes.
Turning the Tide Against Aflatoxin in Tanzania
Maize rustles in the breeze across Tanzania’s heartlands with renewed promise. Farmers who once feared consuming their own harvests now look to the future with confidence.
Momentum for Change: Regional Reflections on the Kampala CAADP Declaration
As Africa transitions from the Malabo to the Kampala CAADP Declaration, a critical dialogue in Accra, Ghana, brought together farmers' organizations, CSOs, and development partners to reflect on past lessons and chart a path forward.
Rwanda's Private and Public Sectors Collaborate, and Smallholder Farmers Become Commercial
Rwanda's agricultural transformation is blooming, transforming small farms into thriving businesses through strategic public-private partnerships. Learn more about initiatives that are cultivating sustainable growth and boosting profits, proving that collaboration seeds lasting change.
Changing Lives 2025 Edition
Insights into how investments made possible by the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍøPrivate Sector Window help change the lives of farmers worldwide.
Edition 11 | March 2025
From Fields to Markets: How Women Are Shaping Global Food Security
Women in rural communities power agriculture, yet their economic potential remains unfairly restricted. See how ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍøprojects are breaking barriers and empowering women farmers.