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 […]
Togo: Turning arid soil into fertile ground
A red dirt path, flanked by mango trees and rows of moringa, winds its way to the village of Bodobono, […]
Burkina Faso: Farmers practice zai and other techniques to reclaim land, boost productivity
This story was originally published in February 2024. Fifteen kilometres east of Yako, Burkina Faso, vast areas of degraded and […]
Kenya: Using weeds to improve soil, boost yields, capture carbon (Grist)
Simon Kitol’s 25-acre farm in western Kenya teems with maize, tomatoes, and beans, but also an invasive menace: Prosopis juliflora, […]
Tanzania: Livestock manure transforms farming in Karagwe District
At noon, Fraiska Steven stands in front of her dairy barn. She holds a machete in her right hand and […]
Tanzania: Women boost yields with homemade pesticides
On a cold morning in Ilongero village, Singida region, Tanzania, Rehema Mbura picks papaya leaves in the dewy air, preparing […]
Burkina Faso: Farmers practice zai and other techniques to reclaim land, boost productivity
Fifteen kilometres east of Yako, Burkina Faso, vast areas of degraded and bare soil stretch as far as the eye […]
Uganda: Farmers benefit from practices that regenerate soil and improve fertility
It’s around one o’clock in the afternoon and the sun is intermittently shining through moving clouds. A cool breeze is […]
The benefits of conservation agriculture
This edition’s stories from Ethiopia and Tanzania show the benefits of conservation agriculture. Our Script of the week goes into […]
Burkina Faso: Organic compost fights bacterial wilt of tomato
It’s an April afternoon and the sun is gradually dipping towards the horizon. In a market gardening plot in Bobo-Dioulasso, […]