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It’s time to invest in female farmers. Not just because it’s fair, but because it works. Farm Africa research reveals that given the opportunity, female farmers adopt climate-smart farming practices earlier, stick with them longer and achieve higher yields than men. But too many women are denied access to the loans, seeds, skills and voice they need to farm. Women farmers have been overlooked for too long. It’s time for change.

This four-page factsheet gives an overview of Farm Africa’s Harness initiative, funded by the Norway’s International Climate Forest Inititative (NICFI) through the Royal Norwegian Embasssy in Ethiopia (RNE). It aims to reduce and reverse deforestation and eco-system degradation. It also seeks to enhance climate resilience in Ethiopia by promoting an integrated landscape approach that simultaneously achieves poverty reduction, biodiversity conservation, and climate crisis mitigation across vulnerable forest landscapes.

This brief captures Farm Africa’s experiences in implementing participatory rangeland management (PRM) systems in Ethiopia and offers strategic recommendations for future enhancements. It demonstrates the potential for PRM to sustainably manage resources, reduce environmental pressures and improve the livelihoods of pastoral communities.

Our Annual Review includes inspiring examples of how our innovative programmes are championing methods of farming that don’t cost the Earth. Read about how:

• Farm Africa proudly marked our 40th anniversary in 2025, celebrating four decades of impact.
• Regenerative farming programmes are helping farmers to boost their productivity, build their resilience and restore ecosystems.
• Empowering rural women to become economically active is bringing benefits to whole families, communities and economies.

Farm Africa’s DREEM project, delivered in partnership with WUSC and the Mastercard Foundation, empowered refugees and host communities in Kakuma and Kalobeyei, Kenya, by supporting 244 enterprises. Through training, mentorship and innovation grants, businesses grew resilient, created jobs and increased incomes. The programme shows how targeted support can transform livelihoods and foster economic independence in challenging contexts.

A collection of impact stories from Farm Africa’s work with smallholder farmers in Tanzania to improve nutrition, increase incomes and protect the environment through the use of climate-smart growing techniques.

A collection of impact stories from farmers taking part in the Building a Resilient Wheat Value Chain and Empowering Small Farmers (BRES) project, funded by AGRA, which is helping 130,450 smallholder wheat farmers in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, overcome challenges that are undermining their livelihoods.

A collection of stories from September to November 2025 from the Youth in Sustainable Aquaculture in Kenya, a partnership programme with the Mastercard Foundation and consortium partners, led by Farm Africa, that aims to strengthen resilient livelihoods through innovative aquaculture practices, enabling work opportunities for young women and men.

This is a revised “Rice Cultivation Handbook” for both upland and lowland rice cultivation techniques that will be used by Farm Africa Village-based Advisors to help improve rice crop management in Uganda. This version contains more photos to help farmers comprehend better rice cultivation techniques. The revised version also contains additions such as “Farm record keeping” to assist farmers in managing their production costs and enhancing their income.