Work & Income

What began with women saving and organizing together now reaches vegetable markets across Europe and the Middle East.

Women in rural Odisha who once had little influence over pricing or household decisions are now shaping markets, leading cooperatives and helping other women succeed.

On small coffee farms in Loja Province, farmers are turning teamwork into higher incomes, fuller harvests and more resilient land.

For one poultry business owner in Nigeria, unreliable electricity meant constant losses and setbacks until she found a more reliable way to run her shop.

More reliable dairy and livestock production is creating steady work for young people across the Sahel, with increasing gains for young women.

Women farmers in rural Rwanda are claiming credit, building capital and shaping their own economic futures.

Access to cooperative-led financing allows one woman farmer in rural Uganda to invest in her farm — and reclaim time, income and agency.

With low-interest loans and livestock training, one mother in northern Bangladesh built a farm her family could rely on.

Heifer International, Hello Tractor and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture roll out a pay-as-you-go tractor financing model that opens mechanization access for Ethiopian smallholder farmers and youth.

From Bangladesh to Nepal, cooperatives are helping farmers secure markets, unlock finance and scale impact.