In Ethiopia, Kokebe Ababa says joining her local savings and credits cooperative boosted her confidence and transformed her life.
Read MoreKenya farmers increase cassava yields and income
In Kenya, hundreds of farmers groups are seeing an increase in both yields and incomes from the production and sale of cassava
Read MoreFuture blooming brighter for Loveness
The Deputy Director of Zambia’s Ministry of Agriculture paid tribute to Self Help Africa for leading the way in improving access to quality seed for farmers in the country.
Read MoreNew directors elected at organisation’s AGM
Gorta-Self Help Africa elected four new directors to its board, at it’s annual general meeting in Dublin.
Read MoreTeenager benefits from family’s improved income
A 15 year old Ethiopian teenager is able to attend school because her family is now earning enough from their farm work to afford the costs
Read MoreDiageo’s business boost for Ethiopian farmers
New Diageo deal in Ethiopia will boost the incomes of small-holder farming families.
Read More‘African tofu’ boosts farmers’ income
Trained in group organisation 13 women in rural Togo have banded together to process soya and have tripled the amount they can make from the crop in the process.
Read MoreStrength in number for potato growers
A problem shared became a problem halved for potato farmer Pelegia Anybembeire when she joined a farmers group in Nyambale, Uganda. The 46 year old is now seeing her produce command a good price, and being sold to markets as far away as the capital Kampala thanks to the negotiating power that the group has, as a result of their collaboration.
Read MoreChristine’s shining sunflower success
For 63 year old widow Christine Chipeta from Sendela village in Zambia’s Eastern Province, the ten acres farm she inherited from her husband was too difficult to cultivate with the hand tools she had available. Until she became involved with a Self Help Africa backed project she estimates that she was only using as little as 10% of her land to plant food.
Read MoreTomato processors retail dividend
A tomato preservation business established by a group of enterprising women in Malawi has underlined the huge potential for African smallholder farmers to earn more from the food that they grow.
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