An innovative collaboration between Self Help Africa and one of the world\u2019s leading agricultural research organisations is having a real impact on the lives and the incomes of thousands of small-scale farming households in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a multi-year strategic partnership that has aimed to both optimise and reduce the use by Ethiopian farmers of costly fertilizers, Self Help Africa and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have succeeded in bringing down farming costs while also increased crop yields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 7,000 farmers working with Self Help Africa are currently benefiting from the initiative, which has developed methods that allow producers to tailor their fertiliser use to specific crops, soil types and climatic conditions \u2013 and move beyond an out-dated one-size fits all approach to fertiliser use. The collaboration between the organisations has covered crops including wheat, sorghum, maize and teff, which is the traditional Ethiopian staple grain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n