Gender and Youth

Cassava is redefining food security in Sierra Leone. The Gbomuma Group in the Samie community has embraced cassava cultivation and worked to create a viable business through the tuber. With support, other farmers are boosting cassava yields and producing valuable products to build resilient livelihoods and strengthen the nation’s food future.

The Good Farming-Good Food programme in Madhya Pradesh, India, is bridging the gap between agriculture and nutrition, and addressing malnutrition among rural communities, particularly women and children.

L. M. Hashan Buddhika beams with pride while giving a tour of his boutique hotel in Bandarawela in the Uva province of Sri Lanka. Tourism had been a mainstay on the island country until the pandemic hit hard in 2020. For Hashan, an innovative programme came at the right time to equip him with the skillsets needed to transform his ancestral property into a boutique hotel that practices sustainability and supports the local economy.