Zambia: Farmer boosts income by processing oil from sunflower
It’s seven o’clock in the morning and Naomi Kamuwikeni is quickly walking to the oil expeller at Gondar market. She […]
Zambia: Livestock farmer copes with climate change by keeping fodder for use in dry season
It is a hot sunny morning on a cloud-free day. Dressed in a red blouse and green chitenje, a cloth […]
Farmers use agroforestry practices to heal farmland damaged by deforestation and soil erosion
One of this week’s Farmer stories from Senegal highlights local communities’ efforts to combat deforestation. Our Script of the week […]
AIDS support group gives positive people a new lease on life
Like this week’s Farmer story from Mali, our Script of the week (from 2011) focuses on how diet and nutrition […]
Zambia: Money grows on trees, so don’t uproot them (IPS)
Jennifer Handondo stands with a group of farmers looking at their fields and thinking. But she’s not thinking about the […]
Zambia: Farmers increase groundnut income by making peanut butter
Muketoi Lubinda sits in a chair at his corner shop. He sells peanut butter at Soweto market in the heart […]
Zambia: Accurate weather information helps farmers plan more effectively (IPS)
In the 2017-18 farming season, Fainess Muzyamba decided to abandon her traditional maize crop for sweet potatoes. The 56-year-old lives […]
Zambia: Home gardens help farmers eat well throughout the year
When Vashity Khumalo attended the funeral of a distant relative in the nearby village of Nyamiya, she saw a fence […]
Zambia: Farmers use special equipment to save time and labour in conservation agriculture
For the past three years, Lashiwe Zulu has been practicing conservation agriculture with simple methods and tools. She used the […]
Zambia: Conservation agriculture helps fight climate change and hunger (IPS)
Damiano Malambo was skeptical about conservation agriculture—until El Nino hit southern Zambia and left millions of people without food. He […]