The global climate change deal that was agreed in Paris is good news for Africa – but we all have a part to play.
Read MoreFood crisis warning in Ethiopia
Failure of seasonal rains in Ethiopia has put as many as eight million people at risk of extreme food shortages. But new farming techniques are lessening the impact for many.
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 More‘Ahead of the game’ on Sustainable Development Goals
Self Help Africa is ‘ahead of the game’ in its focus on smallholder farmers and promoting a ‘climate smart’ approach to agriculture, according to one of leading facilitators of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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
Read MoreUN group backs climate work
;A Self Help Africa (SHA) project that supports rural communities in Ethiopia to cope with the effects of changing climate has received the approval of a national forum convened under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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