Zambia Zambia: Farmers use activated charcoal to prevent diarrhea Dorica Banda | November 10, 2023 Elidah Mukamambo lives in Mwachikwasha village, near central Zambia’s Chongwe River. The amount of water in the river is diminishing […]
Drought in East Africa: How farmers and pastoralists can cope (The New Humanitarian & Interpress News) admin | September 1, 2022 Safumume Abdush thought the Gor river that runs past Halo Busa village in southeastern Ethiopia could never run dry. And […]
Nigeria Nigeria: Farmers use watering cans to grow maize during dry season Joseph Chibueze | May 15, 2022 It’s early in the morning and very cold. Abbas Jaafaru Julde is already awake and in his maize field busy […]
Learn more about World Water Day 2022 admin | March 18, 2022 This factsheet from the United Nations provides information about the upcoming World Water Day on March 22, 2022. World Water […]
Drip irrigation admin | March 18, 2022 In line with this edition’s Resource about World Water Day, our Script of the Week also focuses on making the […]
State of Food and Agriculture 2020 admin | December 7, 2020 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released its yearly report on the State of Food and […]
Celebrate forests and water admin | March 16, 2020 March 21 is the International Day of Forests. This year, the day promotes education to “Learn to Love Forests.” March […]
Kenya Kenya: ‘Peace ambassadors’ ease water conflicts in drought-prone Kenya (Trust) admin | November 11, 2019 Outside a small, secluded house in Maweni village, Kenya, a group of about 150 farmers sit together in the sweltering […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Irrigated farming helps farmers produce more, even when the rain is erratic (International Institute for Environment and Development) admin | October 28, 2019 Over a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and […]
Kenya Kenya: Good irrigation results in good harvests for pastoralists switching to horticulture (The Daily Nation) admin | September 16, 2019 After losing nearly all his livestock to drought and bandits, John Nang’iro Ekalale switched to horticulture in 2016. Mr. Ekalale […]