18 November 2011
Farm Africa’s CEO Nigel Harris recently spoke at a gathering of business and political leaders in New York, hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative. Nigel’s address focused on the positive impact private sector investment can have on development.
03 November 2011
Our Director of Programmes has recently appeared on BBC World Service to explain how Farm Africa is helping smallholder cassava farmers in South Sudan to increase their yields. Surpluses are being sold to SABMiller which is using the cassava to brew beer.
19 October 2011
Our forest project in Tanzania is helping villagers to earn additional income from the forest while conserving its resources. New activities include tree nurseries, beekeeping, mushroom farming, butterfly, farming, ecotourism, raffia weaving and fish farming.
15 October 2011
Farm Africa has launched a three month emergency project in Moyale, northern Kenya, where we are working with pastoralist communities hit hard by the recent drought. Farm Africa is providing hay and fodder for around 5,000 starving animals, trucking in water and rehabilitating existing water sources.
14 October 2011
Global food prices have risen steeply in the last year. Volatility in food prices is a major driver of food insecurity and hunger and is plunging tens of millions of people into hunger and poverty.
With funding from the IKEA Foundation through AGRA, Farm Africa is supporting 50,000 farmers in Embu and Tharaka Nithi in Kenya to promote regenerative agriculture methods which build farmers’ resilience to climate extremes, improve soil health and boost yields, enabling farmers to protect their land, and their livelihoods.
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