Legumes make their own fertilizer – with help from their friends admin | February 4, 2022 This edition’s Farmer story from Ghana talks about adding “inoculant” to soybean seeds or to the soil in soybean fields […]
Kenya Kenya: For Kenyan farmers, organic bokashi fertilizer brings the land back to life (Mongabay) admin | January 24, 2022 Peninah Muthoni farms in Karungaru village in eastern Kenya. Mrs. Muthoni is experimenting in her gardens with the use of […]
Tanzania Tanzania: Intercropping boosts farmer incomes Haika Kimaro | January 10, 2022 It is a beautiful Saturday morning and Abdulsalum Njelekela is in his field irrigating crops. He says, “I have access […]
The benefits of intercropping admin | January 10, 2022 One of this edition’s stories from Tanzania is all about intercropping. Our Script of the week also focuses on intercropping. […]
Revisit FRI resource pack #89 on climate change admin | May 24, 2021 Climate change is an important global issue. The effects of climate change touch everyone, and especially small-scale African farmers. Unpredictable […]
Senegal Senegal: Farmers make natural pesticides from local plants Yaye Moussou Traoré | November 23, 2020 Penda Traoré is a farmer from Dianabo, a village seven kilometres from Kolda, Senegal. In 2013, Mrs. Traoré received training […]
Senegal Senegal: Homemade organic manure fertilizes soil, boosts income Yaye Moussou Traoré | October 26, 2020 Kolda is an agro-pastoral zone in southern Senegal with good rainfall. Here, one farming activity supports another. For example, cattle […]
Uganda Uganda: Fertilizer helps coffee farmers increase yields Williams Moi | March 16, 2020 It’s late afternoon and the weather is mild. Josephine Nansanga is smiling as she dries harvested coffee on a tarpaulin […]
Organic fertilizer within easy reach admin | March 16, 2020 One of this week’s Farmer stories from Uganda is about the benefits of using fertilizer for coffee production. Our Script […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Crop rotation, intercropping, and mulching help farmers improve soil fertility and productivity Tesfaye Getnet | March 31, 2019 Two goats sit side-by-side in front of a mud house, waiting eagerly to catch the morning sun inside Markos Chneshu’s […]