Changing Lives 2025 Edition
Insights into how investments made possible by the Private Sector Window help change the lives of farmers worldwide.
Edition 11 | March 2025
Seeds of Change: Producer Groups Share Knowledge, Empower Farmers and Create Better Food Systems
Producer organizations are vital in transforming agriculture, and with 's support, they are empowering smallholder farmers worldwide. A recent event in Rome brought together POs to share solutions and innovations that address challenges like market access, capacity building, and women's leadership in farming.
From Fields to Markets: How Women Are Shaping Global Food Security
Women in rural communities power agriculture, yet their economic potential remains unfairly restricted. See how projects are breaking barriers and empowering women farmers.
How Smallholder Farmers Are Achieving More Through Collaboration and Innovation
Discover how innovative projects driven by producer organizations are transforming smallholder farming. Together, these initiatives prove that collaboration and empowerment can drive sustainable change and growth.
Paddies to Plates: Cambodia's Journey Towards Sustainable Rice Production
Cambodia is transforming its rice industry by adopting sustainable farming practices, enhancing productivity, and empowering local farmers. Explore the nation's journey towards eco-friendly rice production and the positive impacts on its agricultural communities.
Fueling Change Through Nutrition in Nepal’s Madhesh Province
Through Nutrition Field Schools, Chandrika and women in her community have learned to grow and prepare healthy foods, breaking traditional beliefs and ensuring their families' well-being while inspiring others.
High-Level Roundtable Highlights
On October 24, 2024, agriculture and food security leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. for the High-Level Roundtable: Mobilizing Partnerships and Co-Financing for a Food Secure Future
Protecting and Restoring Cambodia’s Rice Bowl
Watch this highlight video from 's in-person Steering Committee Meeting in Cambodia on May 7-10, 2024.
Building a Bigger Table for Food and Nutrition Security
The past year has seen a scaling up of ’s robust toolkit of financial and technical resources, from grants to blended concessional finance, that catalyze funding for projects from farm to table.
A Voice for Bangladeshi Smallholder Farmers
Women and youth lead the way in Bangladesh’s agricultural transformation. Read the story of Salma and her family, who are potato farmers from Rangpur in northwestern Bangladesh.
Quoted in Forbes on COP29
Forbes reports on “Smallholder farmers being left behind” and features , underscoring how has been helping to unlock finance for smallholder farmers since 2010.
Plans Annoucing to Raise Additional Financing and Channeling Knowledge for Empowering 100 Million Smallholder and Family Farmers for Sustainable Food Security
Announcements demonstrate early action in connection with a new Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty to be launched by the G20 Leader´s Summit in Rio this week.