Annual Report 2025-2026
Annual Report
2025-2026

Our Projects

Bolivia

This year, our activities in Bolivia directly reached 2,786 people and helped strengthen the leadership of 158 women within their organizations and communities

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Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, our activities directly reached 6,985 people over the past year.

They also helped 360 women strengthen their leadership and take their place within their organizations and communities.

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Canada

Canada

Since 1993, our roots in Quebec's agricultural community have nourished and shaped our international initiatives.

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Guinea

In Guinea, 7,163 people directly benefited from our activities this year, while 173 women strengthened their leadership and took an active role in the development of their organizations and communities.

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Haiti

In Haiti, our support directly benefited 6,736 people this year, while helping 234 women grow as leaders within their organizations and communities.

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Mali

In Mali, 2,620 people directly benefited from our activities this year. Among them, 500 women were supported in strengthening their leadership and becoming agents of change within their organizations and communities.

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Peru

Peru

After several projects in Latin America, UPA DI is now present in Peru since 2020, particularly in the coffee sector.

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Senegal

Senegal

This West African country enabled us to innovate in 2004 with our training approach, Les Savoirs des gens de la terre (Knowledge of the People of the Land), and we have been active there ever since.

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Martin Caron
President of the Board

The contribution of women farmers to food security and global agriculture is immeasurable. Women make up approximately 43% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries and, in many regions, produce between 60% and 80% of the food supply.

Their role extends far beyond agricultural production. Women farmers help ensure household nutrition, promote the sustainable management of natural resources, and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity.

Despite their vital contribution, they continue to face significant inequalities. They have less access than men to land, credit, training, and agricultural technologies. Closing this gap is not only a matter of social justice, but also an economic and food security imperative. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), providing women farmers with equal access to resources could increase agricultural yields by 20% to 30% and help lift up to 45 million people out of hunger.

As 2026 marks the International Year of the Woman Farmer, it is more important than ever to recognize and celebrate their work. Supporting women farmers around the world, including here in Quebec, and highlighting their contributions means investing in a more sustainable and food-secure future.

Hugo Beauregard-Langelier
Chief Executive Director

No more setbacks, Mobilizing for Progress

On a crowded bus, it is not uncommon to hear the driver call out to passengers, “Move forward towards the back!”

This expression aptly reflects the state of women’s rights around the world: far too many setbacks are being presented as progress. From sexual and reproductive rights to femicide and online harassment, setbacks are occurring on multiple fronts, from Afghanistan to the United States.

In the face of these setbacks, silence is not an option. To remain silent would be to surrender to injustice. The response must be strong, collective, and sustained. The International Year of the Woman Farmer provides an important opportunity to advance that response.

Although nearly 90% of the world’s 570 million farms are family-run and involve women as farmers, entrepreneurs, mothers, and daughters, women remain far too often invisible: invisible in decision-making processes, invisible in farm management, and, above all, invisible when it comes to income and economic opportunities.

The International Year of the Woman Farmer is an opportunity to shine a light on the essential roles women play throughout the agricultural value chain, from production to marketing. Throughout this year, UPA International Development will help raise awareness of the critical contributions women farmers make to food security, nutrition, and the economic development of their communities.

Beyond 2026, we will continue to stand alongside women farmers, just as we have for more than 30 years. Because advancing equity and justice for women means advancing society as a whole.

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