Rwanda : Crane population rebounds thanks to community conservation (Mongabay)
Just ten years ago, spotting a grey crowned crane in Rwanda’s wetlands was rare. These elegant birds — tall and […]
Rwanda: Claver Ntoyinkima turns local communities into biodiversity protectors in Nyungwe Park
This morning, Claver Ntoyinkima is dressed in his park guide attire. With sturdy boots on his feet and binoculars hanging […]
Burkina Faso: Practicing permaculture to preserve biodiversity
During the rainy season in Dodougou, a village about 30 km from Bobo-Dioulasso in western Burkina Faso, Marthe Toé is […]
Kenya: Nile Basin farmers grow food forests to restore wetlands and bring back an endangered turtle (Mongabay)
In the 44 years Naomi Rita Sitati has lived in Bukirimo village in western Kenya, she has known only one […]
Q&A on food security and supporting small-scale farmers with IFAD president Alvaro Lario
Farm Radio International’s Executive Director, Kevin Perkins, recently spoke with the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), […]
Tanzania: Intercropping boosts farmer incomes
It is a beautiful Saturday morning and Abdulsalum Njelekela is in his field irrigating crops. He says, “I have access […]
The benefits of intercropping
One of this edition’s stories from Tanzania is all about intercropping. Our Script of the week also focuses on intercropping. […]
Ethiopia: Farmers multiply indigenous seeds to achieve food security
Like many prudent farmers, Bontu Haji Hussein wants to grow different crops and varieties each season so that if one […]
Tanzania: Villagers travel far to gather increasingly scarce wild vegetables
Lazack Kesongo steps barefoot into the shallow water of Mara River and walks slowly to the other bank to search […]
Malawi: Farmers use plant-based pesticides to control Fall armyworm and other pests
Esther Maona has been growing maize and legumes for many years. Until recently, pests tormented her so much that her […]