Alternative Nobel Prize laureate, Tony Rinaudo, addresses a global audience on the potential of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) to restore degraded landscapes, improve food security and tackle the challenges of climate change. Australian agronomist, Tony Rinaudo, recently received the 2018 Right Livelihood Award, often called the Alternative Nobel Prize, “for demonstrating on a…
Originally published on CARE website. Kanai Garba of Danja village outside Maradi City in Niger was a member of one of the first CARE Village Savings & Loan Associations. Through her businesses selling peanut oil and corn and breeding animals, she has bought her own home and built financial freedom for herself and her family.…
Purity, a Kenyan farmer shares her experiences and benefits of dairy farming with fodder trees. Click here to watch the video
Dr. Dennis Garrity talks about the collaboration between World Agroforestry Center, Kenya Forestry Research Institute and Better Globe Forestry Ltd to reduce poverty in Kenya by helping farmers earn an income through dryland tree planting. Click here for the full video
Would you quit your current position at your place of work to venture out on your own? If so, would you consider yourself to have acquired all the skills and expertise necessary to be successful? According to Samuel, a champion farmer of the Trees for Food Security (T4FS) Project, it was about time he developed…
A number of women in Manafwa District, Uganda, sought to establish a group that would create a joint income generating platform through nurseries, dubbed Elgon Trust Women group. The group started with 8 members and currently has 22members. Challenges arising from harsh weather conditions (mainly having to carry water from a steam to water the…