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Planting Seeds for Better Lives

The village of Ahsygyi is situated in the Ayeyarwady region of southwest Myanmar. More people live in poverty in Ayeyarwady than in any other part of the[...]

How a Mother Became a Model Farmer and Entrepreneur

Earning enough money was a challenge for Sharada’s family. Even though she grew vegetables to sell, they were in season only half the year. That meant her husband had to go out of the country in search of[...]

Homestead Food Production Featured as Nutrition Success Story

Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs have been featured in a new book called “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition.” Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the book uses[...]

Gardening: A Sustainable Solution for Malnutrition?

Over three million children die every year due to causes related to malnutrition—most of them in low-income countries. The situation is particularly serious in Bangladesh where 40 percent of children suffer from chronic undernutrition, leaving their growth[...]

Examining Impact of Gender Relations Curriculum

“One day I returned from the field and found that [my husband] had gone to draw the water and fill the cask. He had also made the fire, and told me to go wash up before coming to cook…the women in our village, seeing a man do all this for[...]

Homegrown Nutrition Works in Burkina Faso

Washington, D.C.—A recent study out of Burkina Faso shows that integrating nutrition and health education and women’s empowerment interventions into an agriculture program, if well-designed and run, can improve child and maternal undernutrition in a[...]