When fighting hunger and malnutrition, CARE and our partners want to reach as many people as possible, for as long as possible.
We bring the best knowledge and practice from the projects and communities we work with to help shape global policies. In parallel, we work with national governments to embed proven models into government programs and university curriculum.
How to go from local to global, and vice versa?
Expanding solutions to reduce food insecurity involves multiple steps – and actors.
First, CARE and our partners work with communities to develop solutions fit for local needs. Once proven effective, we replicate and scale these approaches and encourage them to become law.
Local solutions range from influencing people’s behaviors to helping change structures. In practice, this includes everything from teaching better agriculture techniques to ensuring the government provides these trainings.
In parallel, we work with all organizational levels – social movements, civil society, local municipalities, national governments, international organizations such as the UN – to ensure these successful experiences inform policies and are amplified. It’s our way to ensure as many people as possible benefit.
Multiplying impact in practice
This is a real example of how this process works:
The start
CARE and our partners worked with communities in Tanzania implementing Farmer Field and Business Schools (FFBS). The program helps farmers grow more food and increase their income. It fosters shared learning on farming, business, and nutrition skills.
The impact
After 2 years, FFBSS supported over 9,000 Tanzanian farmers and their families to boost their production and earn more money.
The scale-up
In 2025, the Government of Tanzania launched the National Farm Field and Business School Guidelines. The guide will orient the work of thousands of national agriculture trainers, who in turn, will share the knowledge with over 5 million small-scale farmers.
We also work on the opposite route: helping policies go from paper to practice. For example, our CASCADE project supports six African countries in implementing current national nutrition-related policies. This will help reduce food insecurity for at least 5 million women and children.
Our key global policy priorities
With over 700 million people facing hunger globally, there’s a lot of work to end hunger. CARE focuses on three main advocacy goals:
Boost decent livelihoods
We aim to help more than 1.3 billion farmers and food workers improve their lives and livelihoods through improved national policies.
Make healthy diets available and accessible for women and girls
Women and girls are disproportionately affected by hunger. CARE influences governments and organizations to strengthen policies and programs to improve their access to nutritious food.
Champion African Food Security
We aim to support the African Union’s efforts to reduce hunger in the continent most affected by it.
We will do this mainly by engaging with the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), an initiative to increase investments for agri-food systems transformation, resilience, and intra-African trade.
