Feature stories

Sahel food crisis: Waiting for water--and the garden to grow--in Burkina Faso
Feature Story | Jun 11, 2012
Women in Burkina Faso are growing produce to feed their families and to sell, but getting access to enough water for the enterprise is a daily challenge.

In Peru, women confront climate change with traditional gardens
Feature Story | May 21, 2012
Can ancient knowledge help solve today’s problems? Indigenous women in the Amazon believe that it can—and to prove it, they’re going back to their roots.

Sahel food crisis: Senegalese singer Baaba Maal performs benefit concert
Feature Story | May 17, 2012
Maal visits drought-affected communities to raise awareness in growing Sahel crisis

Sahel food crisis: Dry times in 2011 threaten ability to plant in 2012
Feature Story | May 15, 2012
A farmer recounts the struggle to grow food and prepare for the 2012 growing season

Sahel food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
Feature Story | May 15, 2012
Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.

Q&A: La Oroya's future
Feature Story | Apr 20, 2012
A government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La Oroya is far from over.

In Kolda, Senegal, farmers are struggling to feed their families
Feature Story | Mar 07, 2012
The last harvest of peanuts, a major cash crop in this region, plummeted by 60 percent leaving families with little money to buy the food they need.

In Cambodia, System of Rice Intensification helps families climb out of poverty
Feature Story | Mar 02, 2012
Low-cost agricultural techniques help a farmer achieve a six-fold increase in annual production in one small field, and become a leader in the community.

Struggle in Sahel: 'If there's no pasture, nothing works'
Feature Story | Feb 10, 2012
'We've stayed on our ancestors' land and we've put up with everything, but if rain doesn't come, life would turn into a nightmare," says Koubra Hamid.