Nigeria: COVID-19 affects farm labourers’ incomes
It’s early Sunday morning, the temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius, and the rainy season has just begun. With a […]
Nigeria: Farmers face difficulties accessing farm inputs due to COVID-19 lockdown
It’s around eight o’clock in the morning and Bello Iliyasu is already riding a motorcycle—not by choice, but because there […]
The importance of indigenous knowledge
This week’s Farmer story from Eswatini underlines the importance of protecting key elements of the environment, in this case wetlands. […]
Eswatini: Farmers keep vegetable supply flowing (IPS)
Nobukhosi Cebekhulu and Khetsiwe Tofile are both well into their sixties. The women sit outside Mrs. Tofile’s home in Malkerns, […]
West Africa: How farmers and processors are impacted by COVID-19 (ICRISAT)
The agricultural season is underway in much of West Africa and farmers are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in new […]
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 […]
Backgrounder: Production of Irish potatoes
This week’s Farmer story from Nigeria talks about methods for managing diseases in Irish potatoes and ensuring that seed potatoes […]
Ghana: Vegetable farmers use mobile phones to access extension services and better markets
It’s a Friday morning full of heat. But Florence Abakah and dozens of other female vegetable farmers are working on […]
Ethiopia: Irrigated farming helps farmers produce more, even when the rain is erratic (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Over a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and […]