Stories tagged: farmer group

Côte d’Ivoire: Women plantain growers create marketing co-operative

Issiaka NGuessan | August 16, 2021

This morning, Houphouët-Marie Thérèse Soro is meeting with her fellow co-operative presidents in the Bongouanou region of Ivory Coast. Mrs. […]

Charles Pensulo | June 7, 2021

With a young baby strapped to her back, Grace Malikebu is busy preparing her garden to plant cassava. She has […]

admin | May 24, 2021

This edition’s story from Togo highlights cashew, which might be considered a niche crop. Our Script of the week also […]

admin | April 26, 2021

A Village Savings and Loan Association, or VSLA, is a group of people who pool their savings together to create […]

Emmanuel Nyakwana Ongwae | April 26, 2021

It’s early morning and Esther Nyang’ara is busy weeding her maize field and listening to music from a local radio […]

admin | April 26, 2021

Over the past three years, crop productivity has more than doubled in Madaba and Mafinga, Tanzania. This is a result […]

admin | August 31, 2020

This week’s Farmer story from Eswatini underlines the importance of protecting key elements of the environment, in this case wetlands. […]

Michael Tchokpodo | August 17, 2020

It’s almost 11 a.m. on a Wednesday in early July. The sky is darkening and rain is starting to fall. […]

admin | August 17, 2020

This week’s Farmer story from Benin talks about a village savings and loans association. So does our Script of the […]

Sita Diallo | February 17, 2020

It’s six o’clock in the morning and, in the dim light, it’s difficult to make out people in the distance. […]