Insights & Analysis

Fallout from Ecuador’s Crises Highlights Need to Invest in Grassroots Resilience
A young man collects crabs from a mangrove pool in Ecuador.

Insights & Analysis

Fallout from Ecuador’s Crises Highlights Need to Invest in Grassroots Resilience

Amid ongoing violence and climate extremes in Ecuador, Heifer's CEO argues for scaling investments in community-led resilience.

Nepal Research Study Highlights Empowerment Benefits to Women Farmers from Heifer Projects
A group of Nepali women sit in a circle during a meeting.

Insights & Analysis

Nepal Research Study Highlights Empowerment Benefits to Women Farmers from Heifer Projects

Heifer Nepal's work sparks remarkable gains in women's economic status, gender equality and societal views on gender-based violence in this new...

Insider Insight: How Can Cooperatives Accelerate SDG Progress for Smallholder Farmers?
Smallholder farmers collect vegetables from their fields in Nepal.

Insights & Analysis

Insider Insight: How Can Cooperatives Accelerate SDG Progress for Smallholder Farmers?

Explore key insights from Heifer's roundtable discussion on the transformative power of farmer-run cooperatives and their indispensable...

The Genius of Our Group
The Genius of Our Group.

Insights & Analysis

The Genius of Our Group

See how Heifer is unlocking the genius of local communities to foster inspiration, creativity and self-resilience.

What is a Self-Help Group?
Self-help groups are community-based peer associations that share common goals interests and challenges and leverage the power of the collective to drive community development and social transformation.

Insights & Analysis

What is a Self-Help Group?

Self-help groups are community-based peer associations that share common interests, goals and challenges and leverage the power of the collective...

Improving Financial Access for Smallholder Farmers
A man holds cash in his hands.

Insights & Analysis

Improving Financial Access for Smallholder Farmers

In the first of a series of Heifer webinars, experts discussed financial inclusion for smallholder farmers — sharing case studies from projects...

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...

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.

What is Social Capital?
A group of woman conduct bookkeeping.

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...

Malnutrition and the 1,000-Day Window of Opportunity
A woman holds an infant in Senegal.

Food & Water

Malnutrition and the 1,000-Day Window of Opportunity

Human development occurs at a rapid pace in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, making it a period of immense possibility and risk. Learn...