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 […]
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 […]
Ethiopia : Youth restore Ethiopia’s Abijata-Shalla National Park (Mongabay)
On the scorching hills above Ethiopia’s Abijata-Shalla National Park, young men and women work to heal the land. Shoveling soil, […]
Kenya : Youth lead grassland conservation (The Nature Conservancy)
On the open plains of Meibae Conservancy in northern Kenya, young men dressed in colorful sarongs and beaded bracelets herd […]
Mali: A new liquid organic fertilizer gives farmers new hope
Saturday morning around 6 a.m., a cool breeze blows across the agricultural area of Baraouéli in the Ségou region of […]
Zimbabwe : School children are turning waste into renewable energy-powered lanterns (IPS)
After school in Mashonaland East province, 12-year-old Monica Ben doesn’t just carry her books and pens—she also takes a Chigubhu […]
Kenya: Communities lead the way in conservation that works for people and nature (The Nature Conservancy)
In the sprawling savannahs of Taita Taveta, southern Kenya, life unfolds in a delicate balance between people, livestock, and wildlife. […]
Burkina Faso : Farmers use clean energy to farm year-round (IPS)
In the drylands of Burkina Faso, farming usually ends with the rainy season. But in Zoungou village, green onion fields […]
Kenya: Restoring Marereni’s mangroves (Mongabay)
In Marereni, a coastal village in Kenya’s Kilifi County, the tide is slowly turning for mangroves — and for the […]
DRC: Women fertilize their fields by planting acacia trees
It’s 10 a.m., and under the already scorching sun of Kananga, in the heart of Kasaï-Central, a woman in her […]