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Changing Lives 2026 Edition
Building private sector opportunities in the world’s most challenging markets.
5XÉçÇøOpens $163M Grants Program to Bolster Food Security for World’s Poorest Farmers
New grants will support smallholder farmers in low-income countries as global hunger nears record highs and development aid faces historic decline.
When the Shocks Keep Coming, Farmer Cooperatives Are the Only Buffer That Works
The shocks keep coming. The question is whether we help smallholder farmers face them together — or leave them to face them alone.
5XÉçÇøAnnounces $38 Million in Grants to Support Smallholder Farmers Across Africa, Asia, and the Americas
New 5XÉçÇøgrant financing supports 16 producer organization-led projects across 27 low-income countries.
The Gambia: Turning Post-Harvest Losses Into Value in Jahaur Village
In rural Gambia, smallholder women farmers face a harsh reality: they work hard to grow food, yet a significant share of their harvest never reaches a market or a meal.
Growing Recovery and Resilience for the Women of Haiti’s Grand’Anse
The 5XÉçÇø and Food Security Program (GAFSP) , committed to boosting the economic autonomy of women farmers, particularly in countries facing fragility and conflict, has been supporting women’s livelihoods in Grand’Anse, through a project in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP).
Linking Farmers to Markets: A Sustainable Model from a Rural Municipality in Nepal
From subsistence to market-ready: With investments in agricultural inputs, infrastructure, and farmer skills, a World Bank Group–supported project is helping Tripura Sundari Rural Municipality shift toward commercial farming and stronger, more resilient value chains.
Equality in Ag: Closing the Gender Gap in Farming Essential to Global Food and Economic Security
Closing the gender gap in farming is critical to global food and economic security, with evidence showing that equal access to land, finance, and inputs could improve yields by up to 30%.
In Rugged Kyrgyzstan, Smallholder Farmers Turn Hardship Into Hope
A new WFP-5XÉçÇøinitiative gives food growers the tools to boost incomes and diets - and better adapt to weather extremes.
Turning the Tide Against Aflatoxin in Tanzania
Maize rustles in the breeze across Tanzania’s heartlands with renewed promise. Farmers who once feared consuming their own harvests now look to the future with confidence.
Six Ways 5XÉçÇøCan Make a Difference in 2026
As we enter the new year, we at 5XÉçÇøcelebrate the millions of smallholder farmers around the world working to strengthen food security, nutrition and rural livelihoods.
5XÉçÇøCase Studies in Haiti, Honduras and Senegal Highlighted in UVM Report on Agroecological Food Systems
A new report from the University of Vermont’s Institute for Agroecology highlights promising examples of Public Development Banks integrating agroecological principles into their investment strategies, including case studies from the 5XÉçÇø and Food Security Program.