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Insights from Heifer projects and our work with partners to catalyze local solutions for global impact.

Global Development’s Glaring Blind Spot: The Power of Smallholder Women Farmers
A smiling Nepali woman holds a baby goat at her family farm.

Insights & Analysis

Global Development’s Glaring Blind Spot: The Power of Smallholder Women Farmers

Heifer International CEO Surita Sandosham argues it is simply not possible to end hunger and poverty without elevating women smallholder farmers.

Honduran Cacao Farmers Build a Future
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Work & Income

Honduran Cacao Farmers Build a Future

Battling against sociopolitical and economic upheavals, the Guzmáns are working together to produce cacao and make a difference for their own...

A Leader, a Chick Producer in Cambodia
A young woman smiling and holding a chicken.

Work & Income

A Leader, a Chick Producer in Cambodia

Trained in self-help group manangement, poultry production, leadership development and the 12 Cornerstones by Heifer, Set Hach is now a thriving...

2022 Annual Report: Success Despite Adversity
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Announcements

2022 Annual Report: Success Despite Adversity

Our annual report highlights Heifer's progress in 2022 and some of the key achievements we've made alongside our wider global community.

Seeds of Resilience: A Young Mother Builds a Better Life
A young woman tosses a tray of soybean seeds in Uganda.

Work & Income

Seeds of Resilience: A Young Mother Builds a Better Life

When Robina was suddenly faced with pregnancy and forced to drop out of school, the foundation she built through a Heifer-supported women's group...

Goma's Journey from Farm to Office
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Equality

Goma's Journey from Farm to Office

With support from her cooperative in rural Nepal, dairy farmer Goma Devi Timalsina is proving ambitious goals aren't restricted by gender.

What is Social Capital?
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Insights & Analysis

What is Social Capital?

Building social capital in smallholder farming communities is at the heart Heifer’s development efforts to end global poverty and hunger. But...

Overcoming the Odds: 6 Challenges Farmers Face
A woman feeds her cow.

Work & Income

Overcoming the Odds: 6 Challenges Farmers Face

Helping smallholder farmers turn obstacles into opportunities is core to Heifer's mission. Here are six common challenges farmers face, and how we...