Story

We provide vegetable seeds and support so women can grow food! Women farmers produce more than half the developing world's food, yet own less than 2% of land and receive little support - such as seeds, tools, and knowledge. We join with women's gardening efforts in the most impoverished countries worldwide including Madagascar, Guatemala, Liberia, and Kenya. By providing top-quality vegetable seeds and locally-driven support, women can access a path to empowerment, income, and nutrition.

Impact

Seeds and knowledge have this in common: neither is a one-time, consumable resource; both can be multiplied and passed on to others. SPI partnerships help move populations to locally-driven solutions. For example, women can start small seed businesses to distribute seed purchased regionally in market towns or capital cities. Once a community is empowered with key knowledge of nutrition, gardening, marketing, and food preparation, vegetable gardening can become a self-perpetuating habit.

Challenge

"The persistence of hunger this decade is unacceptable morally and socially," said John Kennedy in 1963. Five decades later malnutrition kills 2.6 million children under 5 yearly. Women are best positioned to save these lives, if equipped to do so. Most women farmers are busy growing the common staple crops like maize and cassava - these fill bellies but don't give nutrients to grow healthy minds and bodies. Income in Madagascar, for example, is 78 cents per day - here our seeds give hope.

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