International Women’s Day 2026: Personal Stories of Tanager’s Impact in Advancing Gender Transformative Approaches March 2026 Beyond supporting African agricultural institutions to mainstream gender and integrate nutrition, the staff and Local Service Providers (LSPs) of Tanager’s Impacting Gender & Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture Plus (IGNITE+) project are driving change through their lived [...]
#IWD2026: Transforming Institutions and Systems to Advance Gains for Women March 2026 Summary Institutional Change is Key to Scaling Impact: The IGNITE+ programme demonstrates that strengthening the capacity of agricultural institutions to integrate gender and nutrition leads to more inclusive services, better support for women farmers, and sustainable, system-wide change. Investing in Women drives Broad [...]
Give to Gain: How IGNITE+ is Strengthening Agricultural Institutions to Empower Women February 2026 Summary “Give to Gain” Investing in Women Strengthens Systems: The webinar series, held in celebration of International Women’s Day 2026, emphasizes that investing in women through institutional reform, knowledge, and partnerships leads to stronger, more inclusive agrifood systems and improved nutrition outcomes. Institutional [...]
Women’s Day Event Showcases Lessons From Project Participants, For Project Participants April 2024 Tanager invests considerably in women’s economic and social empowerment to reduce gender-related inequalities and foster sustainable development. In Burkina Faso, for example, Tanager is implementing the Soutenir l’Exploitation Familiales pour Lancer l’Elevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Economie Rurale (SELEVER 2) project, which [...]
On International Women’s Day, Personal Stories on Tanager’s Impact March 2024 Introduction by Morgan Mercer, managing director, social systems The contributions of women to the global agri-food system are numerous and well-documented. Upwards of 60% of the agricultural labor force in developing countries are women, and, according to the Ethical Trade Initiative, more than 190 [...]
In the Araku Valley, India, meet the hardworking coffee farmers Tanager supports through the Andhra Pradesh Farmer Market Readiness Project
Below, in their own words, the president of Dhimsa Coffee Farmer Producer Company and a farmer associated with the FPC talk about how working with Tanager has increased their income and crop yields.
Below, in their own words, the president of Dhimsa Coffee Farmer Producer Company and a farmer associated with the FPC talk about how working with Tanager has increased their income and crop yields.
Tanager is committed helping smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh access organized buyers through Collective Marketing. With grant funding support from the Walmart Foundation, Tanager is helping farmers streamline the selling of their produce to reduce reliance on private lenders.
On October 14th, between 8 and 9:30 am EST, Tanager, Mars Wrigley, and Symrise will present an interactive virtual Side Event during the 2020 Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium (hosted by the World Food Prize) focused on how to effectively and humbly manage projects with multi-stakeholder partnerships, using the award-winning Shubh Mint project as a case study.
