Women seed change: Gender equality starts with recognizing women’s work
November 18, 2019 6:02 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the Global South, a majority of women are farmers.
In the Global South, a majority of women are farmers.
At just fifteen years old, Denia founded a group that would change her community and the trajectory of her life.
With biodiversity declining at a tremendous rate, it will take everyone working together to safeguard what is left.
“Estamos resguardando y protegiendo nuestra agrobiodiversidad nativa.”
When women farmers are treated like the experts they are, it's not just women who benefit, but entire communities.
"Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that farming was my thing to do. What I liked most was being in the field."
Women farmers in Honduras just launched a new microenterprise specializing in all things sesame!
This corn can literally stand up to hurricanes.
Here's how agroecology has been part of the shift to diversified food systems in countries where SeedChange works.
In Honduras, it's usually men who own land and manage crop sales. But Jeidy always dreamed of running her own farm.
Meet Jeidy, an incredible coffee grower.
Then and now: for more than a decade, Isidora Garcia has been doing amazing work around sustainable agriculture in her community.
Wayne Roberts, a widely respected Toronto food policy analyst, food security advocate and author, visited USC Canada's Honduras program in August 2012.