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Manure the Magic Ingredient For Malawi Farmers

Self Help Africa26th February 2021Agriculture & Nutrition, Featured, Malawi, News

A simple solution has increased crop health and lead to better yields for the farmers of Tigwirizane Farmer Field School (TFFS) in Malawi. The magic ingredient? Manure.

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Reviving the Kenyan Cotton Industry

Self Help Africa16th February 2021Agriculture & Nutrition, Cooperatives, Enterprise Development, Featured, Kenya, News

A once thriving local industry that collapsed in the face of cheaper alternatives from the West and the Far East is experiencing a revival in Kenya, and thousands of farming households in Western Kenya are reaping the dividend.

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AgriFI – Creating Jobs and Developing Markets

Self Help Africa9th December 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, Featured, Kenya, News

Investment of more than €6m has been awarded in match-funding to 12 Kenyan agri-businesses, in a programme to strengthen markets and create farming jobs.

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Grace’s Recipe For Farming Success

Self Help Africa8th December 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Malawi, News

Grace Mwale and husband Masiye Chirwa demonstrating the making of Mbeya manure

Celebrate International Soil Day – our food depends on it!

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World Food Day 2020: Grow, Nourish, Sustain, Together.

Self Help Africa6th October 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Climate Change, Featured, News

Woman walking with food basket

World Food Day 2020 will be celebrated on Friday, 16 October, with the theme Grow, Nourish, Sustain, Together – thanking farmers and food system workers.

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Projects supported 275,000 families

Self Help Africa3rd September 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Featured, Gender, Malawi, News

Self Help Africa’s annual report showed that the organisation reached 2.5 million people and worked directly with 275,000 households, in 2019.

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A journey to self-reliance for Lilian

Self Help Africa14th August 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Featured, Gender, Malawi, News

Lilian sitting with her maize

There has been a four-fold increase in the number of households in Burkina Faso who are coping with the effects of extreme weather conditions.

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Self Help Africa pays Tribute to Tom Kirley

Self Help Africa20th May 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, News

It was with sadness that Self Help Africa learned of the death this week of Tom Kirley, a long-standing supporter and former director who played a key role in the merger with Gorta in 2014.

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Research Fellowship on Uganda Agri-Cooperatives

Self Help Africa13th May 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Careers, News, Uganda

Self Help Africa has joined Teagasc and the National University of Ireland in Galway to support an in-depth academic study into farmers’ cooperative development in Uganda, for the purpose of creating a guide to the successful future operation of such groups.

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They’re Family, and Friends!

Self Help Africa6th May 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Gender, Malawi, News

Veronica Brown describes her teenage daughter Lynda as ‘my best friend’. It’s a sentiment that Lynda shares.

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International Women’s Day 2021

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Manure the Magic Ingredient For Malawi Farmers

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CONFERENCE: ‘Challenges & Opportunities for Women in Business in Africa’

23rd February 2021

Reviving the Kenyan Cotton Industry

16th February 2021

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