Kenya's digital agricultural platform won gold by connecting smallholder farmers to climate financing; Indonesia's fisheries project won silver by empowering women to process low-value fish into profitable products. Women comprise 55-67% of beneficiaries in winning projects, moving from unpaid household labor to formal decision-making roles and direct income generation in agricultural value chains.
Women-Led Agricultural Innovation Projects Win Global Competition in Hangzhou
Projects address child malnutrition in Indonesia and financial exclusion of smallholder farmers across East Africa and the Pacific, directly improving livelihoods for thousands of rural families.