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Rising food prices are driving global hunger up at an alarming scale, hitting the world’s most vulnerable populations the hardest.

Through training and collective business, buffalo farmer Rilli Maya Rai is at the helm of a thriving farm ecosystem in Nepal, building a future ripe with opportunity.

Every day, women farmers make invaluable contributions to agriculture — and with support to overcome the unique challenges they face, they are catalysts for social and economic change.

Isarat is a farmer, but she’s also an entrepreneur who’s using her knowledge to grow a soilless nursery to improve crop yields, reduce resource waste and empower women-led enterprises in India.

Nourished families depend on nourished farms. In southwestern Nepal, one woman’s mulberry fodder business is keeping livestock healthy and earning her income to provide a prosperous future for her household.

Around the world, Heifer helps farmers use local resources to protect their livelihoods while caring for the environment. Moringa, also known as the “miracle tree,” is one of them.

For smallholder farmers, backyard poultry are a sustainable pathway out of poverty. As bird flu outbreaks continue worldwide, farmers supported by Heifer are taking precautions to keep their animals healthy and their livelihoods intact.