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

Senegal: A "Famous" Farmer and Environmental Leader on Gindiku Radio
A woman works in her onion field in western Senegal.

Climate

Senegal: A "Famous" Farmer and Environmental Leader on Gindiku Radio

Where the effects of climate change have made farming more precarious than ever, one woman is taking the lead to help her community adapt.

How Does Climate Change Affect Agriculture?
A man waters his garden by watering can in Senegal.

Climate

How Does Climate Change Affect Agriculture?

Everyone on the planet feels the effects of climate change, but the climate crisis is especially impactful on agriculture and the world’s...

Kenya: Tech, Finance and Tractors
A woman stands in front of a tractor working in the background.

Work & Income

Kenya: Tech, Finance and Tractors

Through Hello Tractor and Heifer International, digital technology is connecting women farmers to resources to mechanize their farms and grow their...

A Ugandan Farmer Harvests a Brighter Future for Her Children
A smiling young woman with her two young kids standing in a farm.

Work & Income

A Ugandan Farmer Harvests a Brighter Future for Her Children

In the Dokolo district of northern Uganda, over 90% of families rely on subsistence farming to survive. With support from Heifer, farmers and...

Birds and Beavers: Return of Native Species Signals Ecological Resilience at Heifer Ranch
A beaver builds its dam.

Climate

Birds and Beavers: Return of Native Species Signals Ecological Resilience at Heifer Ranch

As the pastures and animals of Heifer Ranch have flourished, native species have prospered alongside them — a welcome indication of a healthy,...

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
A young woman sitting beside her daughter, holding a cacao pod in her hand.

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...