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.
Read More100% success for Ethiopian seed cooperative
A pioneering project that helped an Ethiopian farmers union to produce the quality wheat seed that it’s members needed, has received national recognition in the country.
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 MoreWorking together, building cooperatives
In management-speak, the acronym TEAM stands for Together Everyone Achieves More. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Africa, where individual smallholder farmers struggle to earn a viable living from the land. Joining up as teams, they become a vast alliance in the fight against hunger and poverty. A key part of … Read More
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