Farmer stories

Togo: New seed varieties and best agricultural practices help groundnut producers

Magnim Karouwe | May 10, 2021

The first rains began to fall a few weeks ago, heralding the long growing season in southern Togo. Farmers are […]

admin | May 10, 2021

Elizabeth Siyapi is a farmer in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Instead of working through agricultural middlemen, she relies on her phone. Before […]

admin | May 10, 2021

Jane Hozheri used to run a small business with her daughter in Cape Town, South Africa. Together, they made a […]

Emmanuel Nyakwana Ongwae | April 26, 2021

It’s early morning and Esther Nyang’ara is busy weeding her maize field and listening to music from a local radio […]

admin | April 26, 2021

Over the past three years, crop productivity has more than doubled in Madaba and Mafinga, Tanzania. This is a result […]

Solange Bicaba | April 26, 2021

Djenéba Sanou was born in Bobo Dioulasso in a family of four children, two boys and two girls. But when […]

Linda Dede Nyanya Godji | April 11, 2021

It’s five o’clock on a hot Thursday afternoon. The sun is setting slowly, paving the way for the cool evening […]

admin | April 11, 2021

Lihle Moyo is a 27-year-old farmer from Gwanda, a town 160 kilometres away from Bulawayo, the second largest city in […]

Ouabouè Bakouan | March 28, 2021

This story was originally published in April 2020. The bell rings, signalling that it’s midday at Dano C primary school. […]