Better living conditions for 70,200 smallholder farmers and their families

Til sammen har 406 818 mennesker fått bedre levekår som følge av våre matsikkerhetsprosjekter i Afrika, Asia og Latin-Amerika.

The number of households that have gone from two to three meals per day has increased by 62 percent.

Tallet baserer seg på husholdningene til de 70 200 småbøndene som deltok i våre prosjekter.

79% of households have increased their income and 92% have access to credit.

Tallet baserer seg på husholdningene til de 70 200 småbøndene som deltok i våre prosjekter.

83% of households have adopted climate-smart farming techniques, which has contributed to far more sustainable food production.

Tallet baserer seg på husholdningene til de 70 200 småbøndene som deltok i våre prosjekter.

Our work

Zero hunger

Vegetable market in the Central African Republic

Contributing to the fight against hunger and malnutrition is one of our most important tasks. We believe that a large part of the solution lies in an increased focus on climate-friendly agriculture for small farmers.

A group of Congolese small farmers work and water their fields. — A group of Congolese small farmers working and watering their fields (Photo: Robert Hodosi/Caritas Norway)

Everyone has the right to food

We live in a challenging time characterized by three crises - war, climate change and economic downturns. Poverty is increasing and forcing more and more people into hunger. This makes our work more important than ever.

According to the UN 735 million children and adults are affected by hungerwhile 2.4 billion people experience a periodic lack of food security . Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are the hardest hit. While the number of people suffering from hunger has declined slightly in Asia and South America, the opposite is true in the Caribbean, West Asia and Africa.

food security means having access to enough food, safe food and nutritious food, in order to live an active and healthy life all year round. food security is a fundamental right, enshrined in UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 25.

What are we doing at Caritas to fight hunger?

Internationally, Caritas works both in the short and long term to eradicate hunger. Among other things, we do this in collaboration with World Food Program (WFP) which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 for its work.

Through the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 all countries in the world have committed to eradicating hunger, achieving food security, better nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture by 2030. In order to achieve this goal, we are working to increase investment in sustainable and robust food production, and more support for small farmers and women.

Together with local Caritas organizations in DR Congo, Mali, Niger, Uganda, Colombia, Honduras and Sri Lanka, we contribute to increased food security and better living conditions for small farmers and their families. This also benefits the local communities they live in.

food security

How do we work?

Through our food security programs, smallholder farmers get access to seeds and equipment. In addition, they receive training in climate-smart agricultural techniques. The result is more food on the table.