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

What is Social Capital?
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Insights & Analysis

What is Social Capital?

Building social capital in smallholder farming communities is at the heart Heifer’s development efforts to end global poverty and hunger. But...

Overcoming the Odds: 6 Challenges Farmers Face
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Work & Income

Overcoming the Odds: 6 Challenges Farmers Face

Helping smallholder farmers turn obstacles into opportunities is core to Heifer's mission. Here are six common challenges farmers face, and how we...

Historic Gift from South Korea Aims to Transform Nepal’s Dairy Sector
Four people, government officials and representatives from Heifer Nepal and Heifer Korea, stand next to a crate affixed with a poster.

Announcements

Historic Gift from South Korea Aims to Transform Nepal’s Dairy Sector

A government-to-government initiative, facilitated by Heifer International, saw the transfer of 101 high-quality heifers and 20 breeding bulls from...

Our Year in Photos
A man feeds green forage to two cows in Nepal.

Announcements

Our Year in Photos

As we approach the close of 2022, we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on and celebrate another year of life-changing work.

Heal the Soil, Heal the World
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Climate

Heal the Soil, Heal the World

At Heifer Ranch, the team cares for the animals above the ground as well as those below — the communities of tiny, soil-dwelling creatures that...

'Everything Is Possible': Lessons for Success from a Kenyan Farmer
A woman studies a financial record book while sitting in her shop where she sells seeds, fertilizers and health care products for livestock and poultry.

Work & Income

'Everything Is Possible': Lessons for Success from a Kenyan Farmer

Christine Okode — a farmer, an animal health care worker and an entrepreneur — shares learnings she has picked up on her journey trumping the...

De-risking Nigeria’s Climate Threatened Farmlands
A village submerged by floodwaters in Nigeria.

Climate

De-risking Nigeria’s Climate Threatened Farmlands

On the heels of extreme flooding that devastated farmland in Nigeria, Heifer’s pay-at-harvest crop insurance program is reducing the...

It Takes a Village: Rwandan Farmers Unite to Nourish the Next Generation
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Food & Water

It Takes a Village: Rwandan Farmers Unite to Nourish the Next Generation

Dairy farmers trained by Heifer formed the Abakundinka Community Kitchen in rural Rwanda, a space for local mothers to bring their children for a...