A rural infrastructure project funded by the government of Japan has improved irrigation access and rural connectivity for farming communities in northern Laos, benefiting more than 1,200 households ...

To advance women’s empowerment, food security and climate resilience in Lao PDR, ADB project expands existing social assistance program, introducing a landmark graduation program to build sustainable ...

Across rural Bangladesh, women entrepreneurs are transforming adversity into opportunity, building successful businesses that strengthen families, communities, and the national economy ...

Countries can improve the lot of its women farmers by improving whose names land is registered in, who signs contracts, receives credit and training, and sits in the room when climate‑risk maps ...

On this International Women’s Day 2026, ARWC raises the call for dignity, recognition, and political visibility for rural women and agricultural workers. Rural women must rise not only as victims of ...

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Visit Fukushima beyond the headlines. From Namie yakisoba to coastal towns like Futaba, discover a region slowly rebuilding.

ADB investment in high-value crop cultivation and commercialization through value chain approach sees major success, with notable impacts for women producers.

The enchanting riverside cottage in rural Carmarthen was like "something out of a fairytale", but Emma Magnus and her partner ...

The 15th Five-Year Plan is expected to deepen this integration further, strengthening food security, technological upgrading and regional balance. The core lesson for Thailand lies not in replicating ...

Asia is especially vulnerable as it imports close to 90 per cent of the Middle East's oil exports. If cooking gas prices ...

Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.