Case Studies
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Quality Tomatoes: A Simple Step to a Sustainable Livelihood
Jenipher Yohane is a member of the Mtendere Women’s Farmer Field School group. One of the main areas of focus…
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Santa’s Story: Combined Efforts are Improving Livelihoods in Uganda
Santa Ojok is a 48 year old female farmer and mother of four. She lives with her husband and children…
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Ethiopian Women are Improving Their Lives with Sheep
W/ro[1] Kibe, aged 50, is a widow living in Borebore village of the Were Jarso District, Ethiopia. She has two…
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A Dream Becomes Reality
Omara Patrick Bosco is a 49 year old farmer who lives in Alapata Village, Bata Sub County, Uganda. He has…
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Paulo’s Story: Year Round Food Security!
Rain-fed agriculture depends on consistent, large amounts of rain during the rainy season which lasts from December to March. Unfortunately, the rains have become progressively unreliable over the past couple of years. Farmers, like Paulo, have been facing challenges with their rain-fed crops.
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Tanzanian Women Farmers Taking the Lead
Women farmers in rural Tanzania gain fruitful results in influencing traditionally male-oriented structures of resource ownership. While community level…
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ASTER’S STORY: A Bright Green Pepper Future!
Bright future through green peppers
W/ro* Aster Lemma of Abo Yayebena kebele, Harborenda village in Ethiopia is 28 years old. She…more -
Divason’s Story: A DREAM COME TRUE -Tomatoes Year Round!
Divason has been growing vegetables like tomatoes, mustard seeds and pumpkin leaves which provide much needed nutrients for his family. Unfortunately, growing vegetables is only possible during the rain season which is only 3 months long, from December until March.
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Food Security: A new variety of Cassava Leaves
Elizabeth acknowledges that one of the greatest things she has learned in the Farmer Field School is about the short maturity cassava which is also disease resistant. After she learned about this cassava variety she started planting them and in a period of 10 months she has already started harvesting cassava!
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Diffuse Light Storage: Appropriate Technologies Being Used in Ethiopia
Diffuse Light Storage (DLS) is a post-harvest technology which uses natural indirect light instead of low temperature to control excessive sprout growth of potato seeds and reduces the associated storage losses. It is a low cost method of storing seed potatoes which has been found to extend their storage life and improve their productivity providing a new opportunity for poor farmers to preserve quality seeds.
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