Vikalpini, a women’s network in Sri Lanka, through a continuous community engaging process, empowered women, socially and economically, thus reducing their vulnerabilities. The...
Women led Farmer Field Schools
The shift to agroecological farming started with a small step in Kalamunda in Odisha. With multiple agencies support, women farmers learnt the techniques of natural farming and...
Cultivating success in agroecology
Rehana’s story serves as an inspiring example of how passion, dedication and creativity can transform lives. Through agroecology, she not only transformed her farm’s productivity...
Buzzing like bees: Women smallholders in beekeeping
Integration of agroecological practices with beekeeping provides a unique opportunity for women to promote sustainable farming methods that nurture biodiversity and generate...
Nurturing family, biodiversity and agroecology
Meet these local innovators who in a brief span of three years became Master Trainers on Natural Farming. Not only they introduced millet cultivation in their fields, but...
Women-led farms Case studies from mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh
Women farmers intuitively practice principles of agroecology. Their focus is not just on soil and crops by adopting sustainable practices, but also on the health of their...
Highland agriculture in the hands of women
Women in the Andean highlands of Cocapata, Bolivia, play a leading role in re-establishing peasant ways of farming, while building innovative connections with urban people. In...
Innovative value chains ensures sustainable livelihoods
By organizing themselves into a Farmer Producer Company, the farmers in Koraput district in Odisha are handling processing, value addition and collective marketing of...
Women breaking out of poverty
Kerala’s Kudumbashree (KDS) and Andhra Pradesh’s Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP) are two programmes that are often cited as having achieved both women’s empowerment and rural...