A grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support research and promotion of vital cereal crops for farmers in West Africa’s Sahel.
Read MoreClimate deal is good news for Africa
An historic global deal on climate change is critical for the countries of sub-Saharan Africa in the months and years to come – and we must all play our part.
Read MoreVillagers rice business boost
For the women of Tonte village in the savannahs of Northern Togo, rice has become an important part of life. Rice first became commonplace in the regional when the UN distributed emergency rice rations during a series of food crises in the early years of the new millennium.
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 MoreWidow supports grandchildren on small farm
Widowed grandmother Annemarie supports her grandchildren from her small farm. Climate change has seen life change for farmers in her village in Togo. The rain has become less reliant and the villagers have had to adapt their farming to optimise every last drop of water.
Read MoreRice business boosts income for Togo women
Sanwogou Lalle lives in Tonte village in the remote and poor far north of Togo in West Africa. A rice processor and a member of a women’s enterprise group supported by Self Help Africa, Sanwogou and 18 of her neighbours have banded together to improve their chances of earning a better income.
Read MoreMarket Gardening in Burkina Faso
Villagers in Dassui are so pleased with the market gardening project that they started in early 2009, that they already want to extend the project, and bring more of their neighbours into the scheme. 41 villagers are members of the ‘Wenden Kondo’ (‘God Will Provide) group, and have produced harvests … Read More
Read MoreFuel Efficient Mud Stoves
The members of Malagu village womens group don’t make money from the mud stoves that they manufacture and the demonstration workshops they hold in neighbouring villages.But they do pass on the equipment and knowledge in exchange for grain, and sometimes poultry, says Yatouti Sinhari of Self Help Africa’s local partners … Read More
Read MorePoverty reduction in Northern Ghana through sustainable agriculture interventions and enterprise development
A project that seeks to build climate change resilience amongst small-holder farming communities is being implemented by local partners TRAX-Ghana. Work is taking place in the Dachio and Pelunga areas of Upper East Region, and Mozio and Pagnatik Zones in Northern Ghana. The project aims to build the resilience of … Read More
Read MoreBeekeeping the Way Forward for Sawatogo Aminato
Mother of five Sawatogo Aminato believes that beekeeping is her future.‘I have a small farm with my husband, but the climate here is difficult and it is hard for us to produce enough food,’ says the 40-year-old woman from Nioniopalga, one of ten villages where the Wend Yam Beekeeping Federation … Read More
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