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Insights from Heifer projects and our work with partners to catalyze local solutions for global impact.

Guatemalan Spice Farmers Forge Path to Fair Pay
A close up shot of freshly-picked green cardamom seeds.

Announcements

Guatemalan Spice Farmers Forge Path to Fair Pay

While companies, traders and intermediaries extract profit from cardamom, producers struggle to get by. Heifer Guatemala's Green Business Belt...

Announcing the Champions of the Inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge
Three Ugandan youths pose side by side in a field of corn.

Announcements

Announcing the Champions of the Inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge

Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu and Jehiel Oliver won Heifer International's AYuTe Africa Challenge, an annual competition that awards cash grants to young...

New Pricing Model Takes on Poverty-Ridden Coffee Industry
A close up shot of a farmer's hands inspecting a red coffee berry.

Food & Water

New Pricing Model Takes on Poverty-Ridden Coffee Industry

Heifer International, Bellwether Coffee and Sustainable Harvest developed a new pricing model to tackle the enduring crisis of poverty in coffee...

Aftershocks in Haiti: Recovery Underway Despite Cracks in the System
Two Heifer employees distribute orange tarps to Haitian residents from the back of a truck.

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Aftershocks in Haiti: Recovery Underway Despite Cracks in the System

As strong aftershocks from the Haiti earthquake continue, Heifer has sourced and begun distributing 1,600 tarps to those hardest hit.

What is the Role of Youth in Agriculture?
A young woman sits in her shop.

Insights & Analysis

What is the Role of Youth in Agriculture?

With the right support, including training and access to technology, youth in agriculture have the potential to grow more food, transform local...

The Earthquake in Haiti: Intense Devastation, Compounding Fragility Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
A building in Haiti reduced to rubble from the recent 7.2-magnitude earthquake.

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The Earthquake in Haiti: Intense Devastation, Compounding Fragility Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake on August 14th has left the people of Haiti’s southwestern region, which was hardest hit by the quake, grieving.

Wheeling Through the Pandemic: 5 Ways Access to Transport Helps Heifer Farmers
Member of the La Changa Collective peddling through the city of Quito to deliver fresh farm produce to customers' doorstep.

Announcements

Wheeling Through the Pandemic: 5 Ways Access to Transport Helps Heifer Farmers

The COVID-19 lockdowns have brought supply chains to a virtual standstill across the globe, threatening food production and distribution systems....

Heifer International and the Walmart Foundation Partner to Strengthen Farmer Producer Organizations in Mexico
A cattle farmer with his livestock.

Food & Water

Heifer International and the Walmart Foundation Partner to Strengthen Farmer Producer Organizations in Mexico

Cattle farming in rural Mexico is often a solo or family endeavor, but being a business of one comes with risks. A new initiative from Heifer...