Tanzania: Farmers use mobile app in local language to improve sweet potato farming (IPS)
Mwajuma Rashid Njau and Muma Rajab are small-scale farmers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Like many farmers in the region, they face […]
Uganda: Radio helps farmers find better markets for orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
It’s a happy day for Linet Nalugo Musana. She straightens up to take a short break from harvesting with other […]
Uganda: Radio helps farmers find better markets for orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
It’s a happy day for Linet Nalugo Musana. She straightens up to take a short break from harvesting, holding a […]
Democratic Republic of Congo: Farmer protects sweet potatoes with homemade pesticide
Ruhamya Kamakiri walks through his fields spraying pesticide from a knapsack sprayer. Mr. Kamakiri is a farmer in his early […]
Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
Though most economies in Africa are based on agriculture, many farmers are leaving farming to venture into other work, due […]
Manual: ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about sweet potato’
One of this week’s Farmer stories is about a Zambian couple growing and selling orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) vines and […]
Zambia: Farmer finds sweet spot producing orange-fleshed sweet potato vines and roots in dry season (Africa Rising)
Aaron and Mervis Mumba are legends in the village of Kasuza in eastern Zambia, along the border with Mozambique. The […]
Engaging an audience on orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
Esther Nahabwe has worked hard to ensure her radio program is participatory—and says a Farm Radio International innovation called Uliza […]
Uganda: Healthy harvest, healthy family thanks to orange-fleshed sweet potato
Sixty-eight-year-old Augustino Kyagagambi has vowed to continue growing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes for the rest of his life—because the crop is […]
Uganda: Primary school teacher takes on second job growing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes
Okot Thomas uses a hand hoe to prepare his soil for planting orange-fleshed sweet potato vines in his swampy field. […]