DRC: Farmers confront dangerous impact of deforestation (Global Press Journal)
On a routine afternoon last December, a half-dozen loggers in Katwa, a village in Lubero territory in eastern DRC, swung […]
Community reforestation brings back the rains in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana
Like this week’s Farmer story from the Democratic Republic of Congo, our Script of the week focuses on forests. But […]
DRC: How a group of women are making money by replacing charcoal for cooking (Global Press Journal)
Most families in northern DRC’s Tshopo province, can’t afford electricity to cook. Instead, they rely on locally-produced wood charcoal to […]
Madagascar: Women plant mangroves to protect ecosystem
It’s 9 a.m. in Ampahazony, a town about 20 kilometres from Mahajanga in the North West region of Madagascar. Along […]
Senegal: Organizing to stop deforestation
It’s 6 a.m. and Aliou Mangane is already in the Guimara forest on his mission to confront illegal loggers. He […]
Farmers use agroforestry practices to heal farmland damaged by deforestation and soil erosion
One of this week’s Farmer stories from Senegal highlights local communities’ efforts to combat deforestation. Our Script of the week […]
Burkina Faso: Women protecting shea trees
In the Sissili and Ziro provinces of central west Burkina Faso, farmers know the value of the shea tree, known […]
Burundi: Farmers make baskets from banana “stems” to protect the environment
In eastern Burundi, nurseries of forest tree species have been planted to reforest watersheds and bare hills in the region, […]
Kenya: Replanting vanishing forests with slingshots and seeds (Trust)
In the early morning on school holidays and weekends, Eric Ndung’u heads off to herd his family’s goats in the […]
Burkina Faso: Wise farmer transforms his land with ‘zai pits’ (AgribusinessTV)
Yacouba Sawadogo has been farming for 40 years, but he still has energy in his body and his eyes. Mr. […]