Stories tagged: conservation agriculture

Ethiopia: Farmers use terracing and other traditional practices to sustain centuries-old agriculture in face of new challenges (Mongabay)

admin | May 23, 2025

As the first light of the morning sun breaks over the hills of Konso, Ethiopia, Kawadaya Oldisha begins his daily […]

Charles Chulu | November 25, 2022

Worries about infertile soil and loss of biodiversity—along with the loss of native seeds—are becoming only more common. Many agricultural […]

Sawa Pius | September 16, 2019

It’s mid-morning and Anne Nyangasi is leading a group of farmers who are inspecting their jack beans, also known as […]

admin | September 16, 2019

One of our Farmer stories from Kenya highlights the benefits of growing jack beans as a cover crop. Our Script […]

Tesfaye Getnet | April 7, 2019

At first, Yonas Ugi was hesitant to start laying down crop residues on his farmland as mulch. He feared that, […]

Tesfaye Getnet | March 31, 2019

On one side of Felekech Fantu’s mud hut, 100-kilogram bundles of cabbage are tied with ropes and stacked, waiting to […]

Magnim Karouwe | February 10, 2019

Lokouna Djassoga walks across the ridges in his field, hoe in hand. On this misty December morning, he is harvesting […]