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 […]
Kenya: Farmers grow pineapples in challenging conditions
It’s eight o’clock in the morning and Barare Nyang’au is busy pruning pineapple plants on his farm. The father of […]
Malawi: HIV-positive farmers improve nutritional status with mixed farming
Clement Mbewe and his two children sit on the verandah of their corrugated iron sheet house, eating the breakfast prepared […]
Ethiopia: Women use mulching to reduce workload in cabbage farming
On one side of Felekech Fantu’s mud hut, 100-kilogram bundles of cabbage are tied with ropes and stacked, waiting to […]
Ethiopia: Crop rotation, intercropping, and mulching help farmers improve soil fertility and productivity
Two goats sit side-by-side in front of a mud house, waiting eagerly to catch the morning sun inside Markos Chneshu’s […]
Uganda: Good soil makes watermelons a profitable crop in northern Uganda
Although it’s only nine o’clock in the morning, the clear blue sky signals that it’s going to be a hot, […]