Guinea : Women restore degraded forests and rebuild livelihoods (Mongabay)
In Guinea’s forested Kérouané region, women are playing a central role in restoring degraded landscapes while transforming their own livelihoods. […]
Kenya: Investing in irrigation to increase income from vegetables (IFC and SciDev.Net)
Fifty years ago, Kavuru village, in Kenya’s Embu County, was mostly dry grassland. Kinaro Waithaka purchased a 10-acre plot here […]
DRC : Women farmers use velvet bean to improve soil fertility and boost yields
It is 8 a.m. in the village of Kanyuka, about 4 kilometres from the city of Kananga in the Democratic […]
Uganda : Women take the lead in reforestation to protect land (Mongabay)
In the dappled morning light of Kasese district, women gather around a small tree nursery at the edge of the […]
Malawi: Farmers rebuild soil and livelihoods through agroecology (Mongabay)
Grena Banda and her husband, Daniel Mwafulirwa, spent years struggling to make ends meet on their small farm in Rumphi […]
Tanzania: Schoolgirls lead push for clean cooking at Dodoma Secondary School (IPS)
Inside the kitchen at Bunge Girls Secondary School in Dodoma, Mrs. Maria Joseph grips a wooden paddle and stirs a […]
Zambia: Agroecology takes root among smallholder farmers (IPS)
In Nkhondola, a small village in Chongwe District, Eastern Zambia, Royd Michelo and his wife, Adasila Kanyanga, have transformed their […]
Kenya : Farmers use fruit trees to fight climate change and boost livelihoods (IPS)
In the rural farmlands of East Africa, farmers rise early to tend their orchards, carefully measuring the trunks of avocado […]
Nigeria: Gbajimgba farmers adopt drought-resistant varieties to mitigate the effects of climate change on crop production
It’s about 6:30 a.m. in Uosuh 1, a community a few kilometres from Gbajimgba in Guma Local Government Area of […]
Kenya : Digital tree-growing app helps farmers rebuild forests (IPS)
It’s early morning in Siaya County, along the banks of the River Nzoia in western Kenya. Small patches of green […]