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Cultivating the future – how regenerative agriculture is transforming lives in eastern Kenya
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Kenya
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Cultivating the future – how regenerative agriculture is transforming lives in eastern Kenya
Smallholder farmers across eastern Kenya are witnessing dramatic transformations in their yields, incomes and resilience to climate change, thanks to Farm Africa’s Strengthening Regenerative Agriculture in Kenya (STRAK) project. Funded by the IKEA Foundation through AGRA, the STRAK initiative is redefining sustainable farming in Embu and Tharaka Nithi counties. Over 50,000 farmers have been directly supported to adopt regenerative agricultural practices that restore soil health, conserve water and boost profits, all while safeguarding the environment.
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Kenya
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Boost productivity
Protect ecosystems
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Empower women
Increase incomes
Strengthen food systems
Growing Resilience And Opportunities for Women (GROW) Roundtable Report
In October 2024, Farm Africa convened a roundtable discussion with female industry leaders in Nairobi, Kenya as part of its Growing Resilience and Opportunities for Women (GROW) initiative. This report summarises the key themes and conclusion of the discussion, which explored women’s role in the global food system and ways to drive positive change.
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Empower women
Increase incomes
Strengthen food systems
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Increase incomes
Strengthen food systems
The Village-Based Advisor (VBA) model
Agricultural extension services to farmers are vital for enhancing productivity and production of agricultural produce in Kenya. However, the ratio of agricultural extension workers to farmers stands at 1:5,000 compared to the recommended ratio of 1:400. This paper outlines how Farm Africa and AGRA are helping to plug this gap in Embu and Tharaka Nithi counties by creating a network of Village-based Advisors (VBAs) made up of well-informed, passionate farmers who receive specialised training to provide technical extension services, inputs and market linkages to other services to other farmers.
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Increase incomes
Strengthen food systems
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Ethiopia
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Increase food security and nutrition
Strengthen food systems
Strengthening agricultural market systems
A summary report of Farm Africa’s market systems project in Amhara, Ethiopia, which aimed to improve food security and livelihoods of small-scale farmers by making market systems more inclusive. This project was part of the Growth for the future project, funded by Sida.
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Ethiopia
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Increase food security and nutrition
Strengthen food systems
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
Farm Africa strategic plan 2021-2025
Farm Africa is a leading NGO specialising in promoting sustainable agricultural practices, strengthening markets and protecting the environment in rural Africa. Our strategic plan for the years 2021-2025 outlines our ambitious plan to grow and unlock the potential of agriculture to transform rural Africa.
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Virunga National Park Coffees
Farm Africa is working with the Virunga National Park to unleash the potential of two coffee cooperatives and boost the livelihoods of over 7,000 coffee farming families living on the border of Virunga National Park, reducing pressure on the park’s resources and lifting people out of poverty.
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
Kenya Market-led Aquaculture Programme (KMAP) Guide to profitable fish farming 2019
This 16-page guide shares lessons from Farm Africa’s Kenya Market-led Aquaculture Programme, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kenya, which worked across the fish value chain in 14 counties in Kenya. The project aimed to increase productivity, strengthen market systems and make the policy environment conducive so that farmers can turn their ponds into thriving businesses.
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Kenya
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Boost productivity
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
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Uganda
Key focus areas
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Sustainable coffee production in Kanungu, Uganda
Factsheet on sustainable coffee production in Kanungu, Uganda, which explores how by working in a sustainable way, smallholder farmers can generate good yields of high-quality coffee that fetch a good price for many generations to come. Farm Africa’s coffee project in Kanungu was co-funded by the European Union.
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Uganda
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
Farm Africa strategic plan 2016-2020
Farm Africa is a leading NGO specialising in growing agriculture, protecting the environment and developing businesses in rural Africa. Our strategic plan for the years 2016-2020 outlines our ambitious plan to grow and unlock the potential of agriculture to transform rural Africa.
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
Transforming rural Africa: strategic plan 2016-2020
Effective agriculture has the power to change lives. Farm Africa has an ambitious strategy for the next five years to expand our work, increase our impact and make change happen.
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
KMAP consumer insights study
This study, conducted by the Grass Company, examined consumer preferences and perceptions of Kenyan farmed catfish and tilapia.
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Strengthen food systems
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Ethiopia
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Connect farmers to markets
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
Ethiopia country strategy 2012-2015
Farm Africa in Ethiopia plans to grow its programme income to over £4m by 2016, and hopes to directly improve the lives of 900,000 people. We will do this by: continuing to play a strong role in sustainable forest management; significantly scaling up our work to support smallholder farmers; proactively supporting climate-smart agriculture and working more strategically in pastoral areas.
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Ethiopia
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Connect farmers to markets
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
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Kenya
Key focus areas
Connect farmers to markets
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
The power of farmers organisations in smallholder agriculture in East Africa
A review of 5 project initiatives of the Maendeleo Agricultural Technology Fund. Working paper series no. 13. (October 2010)
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Kenya
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Connect farmers to markets
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From grassroots to government: Farm Africa’s experiences influencing policy in sub-Saharan Africa
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
From grassroots to government: Farm Africa’s experiences influencing policy in sub-Saharan Africa
Influencing national policy in the natural resource sector in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. Policy and research series no. 5. (April 2007)
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DR Congo
Key focus areas
Act on climate change
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Increase access to finance
Increase food security and nutrition
Increase incomes
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Support businesses
