Tag: Gender Equity

Poverty today, at the global level, is concentrated in a single industry: agriculture. More than 2

Portia Gban founded SWEO in 2018 to empower women in northern Ghana through farming and processing soybeans, maize, and shea butter. With Root Capital's support, SWEO now helps 1,200 farmers. Despite cultural resistance, SWEO improves livelihoods, promotes women's empowerment, and trains youth in income-generating activities.

Kokowagayo, Aceh's first women-led cooperative, founded by Ibu Rizkani, supports women in agriculture with training, fair trade, and leadership opportunities. Supported by Root Capital and USAID, it fosters gender equality and economic independence despite cultural barriers.

2023 was a year of sustained progress for Root Capital, thanks to our dedicated community of

Superfine Africa Nuts employees sort macadamia nuts by hand alongside Root Capital’s Leonor Gutiérrez, Director of

Root Capital’s Junior Loan Officer Brayam Quilca Román with cooperative members at the COAS cacao cooperative

Root Capital staff are joined by the founding members of the Women’s Council at the Nairobi,

Women members of Koperative Abahuzamugambi Ba Kawa (Maraba), a coffee cooperative in Huye District, Rwanda. Photo

Thirty-six percent of women globally and more than sixty-five percent of women in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia earn their living from the agriculture sector. Yet, women receive only seven percent of total agricultural investment…

Approximately, 2.5 billion people worldwide rely on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. Most of them live