How a community in Malawi manages their Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA)
A Village Savings and Loan Association, or VSLA, is a group of people who pool their savings together to create […]
Kenya: Farmers form village savings group to help each other during COVID-19
It’s early morning and Esther Nyang’ara is busy weeding her maize field and listening to music from a local radio […]
Tanzania: Small-scale farmers increase productivity through targeted loans (IPS News)
Over the past three years, crop productivity has more than doubled in Madaba and Mafinga, Tanzania. This is a result […]
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. […]
Benin: Village savings and loans groups struggle due to COVID-19
It’s almost 11 a.m. on a Wednesday in early July. The sky is darkening and rain is starting to fall. […]
Beans, a family affair
This week’s Farmer story from Benin talks about a village savings and loans association. So does our Script of the […]
Burkina Faso: Women boost shea butter income with good harvesting and certification
It’s six o’clock in the morning and, in the dim light, it’s difficult to make out people in the distance. […]
Burkina Faso: Women profit by protecting shea trees
It’s nine a.m. on an October morning and the sun is already beaming down with full force on Reo, a […]
Tanzania: Farmers increase income and knowledge by farming in groups
It’s early in the morning and Elizabeth Francis is bending over to inspect banana suckers for the Harambee farmers group, […]
‘Together we stand’ agricultural co-operative society
This week’s Farmer stories illustrate the benefits of farmers working together in groups. Our Script of the week focuses on […]