Rwanda Rwanda : Crane population rebounds thanks to community conservation (Mongabay) admin | May 8, 2025 Just ten years ago, spotting a grey crowned crane in Rwanda’s wetlands was rare. These elegant birds — tall and […]
Rwanda Rwanda: Claver Ntoyinkima turns local communities into biodiversity protectors in Nyungwe Park Fulgence Niyonagize | April 23, 2025 This morning, Claver Ntoyinkima is dressed in his park guide attire. With sturdy boots on his feet and binoculars hanging […]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Practicing permaculture to preserve biodiversity Solange Bicaba | October 10, 2024 During the rainy season in Dodougou, a village about 30 km from Bobo-Dioulasso in western Burkina Faso, Marthe Toé is […]
Kenya Kenya: Nile Basin farmers grow food forests to restore wetlands and bring back an endangered turtle (Mongabay) admin | June 20, 2024 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 admin | August 18, 2023 Farm Radio International’s Executive Director, Kevin Perkins, recently spoke with the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), […]
Tanzania Tanzania: Intercropping boosts farmer incomes Haika Kimaro | January 10, 2022 It is a beautiful Saturday morning and Abdulsalum Njelekela is in his field irrigating crops. He says, “I have access […]
The benefits of intercropping admin | January 10, 2022 One of this edition’s stories from Tanzania is all about intercropping. Our Script of the week also focuses on intercropping. […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Farmers multiply indigenous seeds to achieve food security Netsanet Hailu | March 19, 2018 Like many prudent farmers, Bontu Haji Hussein wants to grow different crops and varieties each season so that if one […]
Tanzania Tanzania: Villagers travel far to gather increasingly scarce wild vegetables Dinna Maningo | March 19, 2018 Lazack Kesongo steps barefoot into the shallow water of Mara River and walks slowly to the other bank to search […]
Malawi Malawi: Farmers use plant-based pesticides to control Fall armyworm and other pests Gladson Makowa | March 19, 2018 Esther Maona has been growing maize and legumes for many years. Until recently, pests tormented her so much that her […]