Fana Broadcasting Corporation helps female farmers overcome gender bias
In southern Ethiopia, the staff of Fana Broadcasting Corporation recognize that men and women face different challenges. In the surrounding […]
Helubanchi Enyew, senior reporter with Amhara Mass Media Agency, Ethiopia
Helubanchi Enyew is an Ethiopian journalist, born and raised in Bahir Dar City. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in […]
Ethiopia: Irrigated farming helps farmers produce more, even when the rain is erratic (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Over a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and […]
Rice and radio: How a Farm Radio International project is promoting collaboration to serve farmers
Adugna Tigab is a 33-year-old farmer in the Bure kebele of Lebokemkem woreda (or district) in Ethiopia. Farmland in her […]
Ethiopia: Farmers hire village vaccinators to protect chickens from Newcastle disease
Nususe Gonetse steps into a basin of water to disinfect his feet as he exits his wire mesh chicken house. […]
Ethiopia: Farmers choose traditional methods over pesticides to control Fall armyworm
It’s another busy morning. Young boys are leading livestock to pasture while women attend to various household chores. Silenat Molla […]
Ethiopia: Farmers create pastures for livestock and build fences to benefit from mulching
At first, Yonas Ugi was hesitant to start laying down crop residues on his farmland as mulch. He feared that, […]
Ethiopia: Women use mulching to reduce workload in cabbage farming
On one side of Felekech Fantu’s mud hut, 100-kilogram bundles of cabbage are tied with ropes and stacked, waiting to […]
Ethiopia: Crop rotation, intercropping, and mulching help farmers improve soil fertility and productivity
Two goats sit side-by-side in front of a mud house, waiting eagerly to catch the morning sun inside Markos Chneshu’s […]
Ethiopia: Women’s co-operatives in rural Ethiopia give women ownership of land and equipment (City Press)
In most parts of Dodola district, you can see slow-moving oxen ploughing open stretches of farmland. But in one field, […]