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Crafting the world’s finest cocoa in Brazil

João Rios and his wife Nayara represent an entire community of cocoa farmers who bet on technical assistance and rural…

28 September 2023

Brazil’s Carminha Missio Leads on the Farm and on the Environment 

For decades Carminha Missio has worked to encourage sustainable soil conservation practices in Brazil’s Western Bahia. Driven by her interest…

20 September 2023

A Bright Future for a Woman Farming Coffee in Tanzania

Dorothy Masaki is a 54 year-old wife and mother of six who began farming over 35 years ago on her…

07 September 2023

Young farmers in Kenya making a business case for coffee

Sustainable coffee can be a lifeline for young women and men throughout Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. To jump-start economic growth…

31 August 2023

NURTURING RESILIENCE ONE BEE AT A TIME

Aurora Zeas in an entrepreneur in Nicaragua and owner of Zeas Apícolas, a honey producer that provides a wide range…

16 August 2023

Taking over the family farm

When Jacob Overt took over the family farm, he didn't realize that sustainable production of oil palm could support his…

14 August 2023

Digital Innovation Connects Women Dairy Farmers to Markets in Bangladesh

Though women have always worked in agriculture – even outnumbering men in Bangladesh and India – their inclusion in the…

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