Access to the most basic life necessities is out of reach for a staggering number of women around the world. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN reports that "if women in rural areas had the same access to land, technology, financial services, education and markets as men, 
agricultural production could be increased and the number of hungry people reduced by 100-150 million people." We join with women's gardening projects in the most impoverished countries worldwide including Madagascar, Guatemala, and Liberia. In these countries, illiteracy is prominent, especially among women and girls.
Female farmers produce more than half the developing world's food - yet own less than 2% of land and have limited access to resources such as seeds, tools, and information. By providing top-quality vegetable seeds and locally-driven support, Seed Programs gives women a path to empowerment, income, and nutrition. Enabling women to grow their own food in an underprivileged area can change the lives in an entire community.
It may be hard to understand how something as small as a seed can have such a far reaching impact but this is indeed the case. Growing vegetables enables women to feed their families with good nutritious food. Excess vegetables can be sold at markets providing money that was previously unavailable. That money can be used to send girls to school where they can learn to read. Once someone can read, a world of opportunity and hope is opened up.
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