Archives: Stories
Meet Sona Bai
Sona is one of the 6,500 active farmers in her district who are part of the Smart Agri Project, a…
31 July 2023
Meet Jeremías: A coffee farmer adapting his farm to conserve and provide
Don Jeremías Gomez Repero was raised on a small family farm in the department of Caquetá, Colombia. Today, Jeremías and…
20 June 2023
Meet Swati
Swati Sanjay Pavale is a small-scale sugarcane farmer in the Maharashtra region of India. Recently, she has found new ways…
01 June 2023
Meet Bibek
Bibek Sen is a small-scale farmer with a 1.6 acre tea garden he inherited from his father in Maynaguri taluka…
01 May 2023
Meet Panchito
Since he began farming, José Francisco Villada, better known as Panchito, has been committed to improving the quality of his…
12 April 2023
Meet Mary
Mary Wairimu Oloo, who lives in Kenya’s Trans Nzoia County, moved back to her family’s coffee farm after retiring from…
15 March 2023
Meet Carmen
Carmen Gómez of San Marcos, Guatemala, says the greatest achievement in her community, 31 de Julio, has been uniting women,…
20 February 2023
Rakia’s Story
The Yipielgu community in the Northern region of Ghana is in the heart of the region’s shea parkland where collection…
09 February 2023
Boosting Sustainable Shea with Radio in Ghana
Ramatu Muniru is a 41-year-old shea nut processor in northern Ghana. She relies on the production of shea nut butter…
21 December 2022
Celebrating Rural Women Contributions in sub-Saharan Africa
This month we join the rest of the world to celebrate the thousands of rural women (farmers and workers) in…
18 October 2022
