As a TruTrade agent, Agnes Mutisya links farmers to markets and allows them to get a better price for their produce, increasing incomes and financial security.
Read MoreMalawi’s farmers take on Armyworm fight
Farmers like 36-year old Asimenye Mwafongo are on the frontline of Malawi’s fight against one of the biggest threats to food production the country has seen in a generation: Fall Armyworm
Read MoreYoung farmers benefit from new innovative skills
Alice Nyariaro, who participated in the Marshal Papworth programme, passes on her new skills to young farmers.
Read MoreFuraha’s journey: from fear to farming
Furaha Mwisha saw her parents being murdered when she was just 9 years-old. After 10 years of a nomadic life, she now lives in a refugee camp in Zambia, where’s learning to become a self-sufficient farmer thanks to Self Help Africa
Read MoreBBC Radio 4 Appeal funds will support more than 300 seed producers
Self Help Africa were the chosen charity for the BBC Radio 4 Appeal which raised thousands for projects in Ethiopia to help smallholder farmers.
Read MoreNew EU-funded project to benefit 100,000 farmers in Kenya
EU funded program will help thousands of small farmers and entrepreneurs in Kenya to scale up their business and move away from subsistence farming.
Read MoreNew farming methods mean success for Queen
In Malawi, new farming methods and livestock rearing have made Queen Musukwa a role model in her village.
Read MoreCooperative gives mother new-found confidence
In Ethiopia, Kokebe Ababa says joining her local savings and credits cooperative boosted her confidence and transformed her life.
Read MoreRadio 4 Appeal: It starts with a seed
Self Help Africa’s Radio 4 Appeal, presented by Sheila Dillon, will be aired on Sunday May 13th.
Read MoreCould ‘going green’ break the cycle of poverty in rural Uganda?
An innovative new project is hoping to break the cycle of poverty in rural Uganda, through the creation of a sustainable ‘green economy’.
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