Agricultural Technology

Application of new farming systems, methods, and tools to improve growth and harvesting.

More equitable access to assets and services -- land, water, technology, innovation and credit, banking and financial services -- will strengthen women's rights, increase agricultural productivity, reduce hunger and promote economic growth.

From the Report: Women's Economic Empowerment: Issues Paper

Case Study

Well-designed places help women create economic development for themselves and their communities

Sample Grant

The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund gave to Let the Little Children Come to Me to aid widows associations build a honeybee farm on community land, training 100 widows in beekeeping, co-op management, product marketing, and monitoring and evaluation.
The Denver Foundation gave to HEAL Africa to buy a field for widows group to farm and support HEAL Africa's orthopedic officers program that trains rural nurses to build a safe house for women, and to provide 100 women fistula repair.
King Baudouin Foundation gave Trias vzw for the coaching of cocoa farmers and organisations by organising technical programmes and providing assistance with the commercialisation of products.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation gave to Women for Women International for agricultural training programs for women.
Bloomberg Philanthropies partnered with Sustainable Harvest over three years to provide specialized agricultural business training for 4,000 women in coffee, honey, and mushrooms.