Nigeria: Transporting tomatoes in plastic crates improves shelf life—and farmer income
It’s Friday around six o’clock in the morning and Hajiya Tabawa Hamza has just finished harvesting tomatoes. The middle-aged widow […]
Nigeria: Tomato farmers avoid glut in market by staggering plantings
It’s a Sunday morning, but Jibril Sule Dakasoye is on the way to his farm. He’s riding his old bicycle […]
Nigeria: Sorting, grading, and adding value increases potato farmers’ income
It’s a bright and slightly chilly morning. James Obadiah is standing in his potato farm, appreciating how beautiful and healthy […]
Kenya: Farmers search for ways to reduce the impact of locusts
It’s around midday and Douglas Kinyua is trying to scare away a swarm of locusts, swatting with a banana leaf […]
Uganda: Fertilizer helps coffee farmers increase yields
It’s late afternoon and the weather is mild. Josephine Nansanga is smiling as she dries harvested coffee on a tarpaulin […]
Uganda: Pruning helps coffee farmers increase yields
Joseph Mugerwa walks from one coffee tree to another, a red pruning tool called a secateur in his right hand. […]
Senegal: Young entrepreneurs support each other by sharing experiences
Thirty-year-old Marième Ndiaye Cissé owns a restaurant in Matam, a town 600 kilometres from Dakar in an isolated part of […]
Uganda: Good planning and budgeting help coffee farmers manage money
Josephine Nalwadda is busy analyzing a book where she records savings, plans, and budgets for her coffee enterprise. She regards […]
Ghana: Rearing guinea fowl proves reliable business for farmers
It’s a chilly harmattan morning and Mba Wulana is energetically walking through his farm, a bag of guinea fowl feed […]
Burkina Faso: Women boost shea butter income with good harvesting and certification
It’s six o’clock in the morning and, in the dim light, it’s difficult to make out people in the distance. […]