Zambia: Farmers transforming their community with integrated farming
For many years, farmers in the Naolo district of Western Province, Zambia, relied heavily on chemical fertilizer and intensive tillage. […]
Nigeria: Great Green Wall initiative helps restore degraded land in Garbadu village (IPS)
In Garbadu village in northwestern Nigeria, rows of young trees now grow on land that was once dry and empty. […]
DRC : Women farmers use velvet bean to improve soil fertility and boost yields
It is 8 a.m. in the village of Kanyuka, about 4 kilometres from the city of Kananga in the Democratic […]
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 […]
Malawi: Farmers rebuild soil and livelihoods through agroecology (Mongabay)
Grena Banda and her husband, Daniel Mwafulirwa, spent years struggling to make ends meet on their small farm in Rumphi […]
Tanzania: Tanzanian farmers turn to agroecology to cut chemical use
In northern Tanzania, smallholder farmers are embracing agroecology as rising chemical input costs, health concerns, climate pressures, and volatile markets […]
Mali: Rice farmers draw on traditional knowledge to fertilize their fields
In Niono, a rice-growing area located about one hundred kilometres from the city of Ségou in Mali, Birama Faronta, a […]
Mali: Farmers use a biodigester to produce fertilizer and energy
This story was originally published in October 2025. Badiaguibougou is an agricultural village located 90 kilometers from the city of […]
Mali: Farmers use a biodigester to produce fertilizer and energy
Badiaguibougou is an agricultural village located 90 kilometers from the city of Ségou. This morning, the sun is barely visible […]
Burkina Faso: Women farmers reviving the land with fertilizer trees (Mongabay)
The sun blazes over the rural commune of Cassou, where dusty paths wind between small fields. In one plot, Maan […]