Tanzania
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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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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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Pay it Forward: Bringing Home the Bacon!
Women farmers in Karatu, Tanzania want access to livestock because livestock can be a lucrative business – a mature pig of…
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Papayas: Delicious, Nutritious and Income Generating!
In 2009, CPAR Tanzania launched Farmers First programs in two districts of Karatu and Bunda. Farmers First programs…
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Rebeca’s Story: The Way to Achieve Food Security
Crops Diversification: Bunda farmers grow groundnuts for household income and improving nutrition.
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Creating Change In Tanzania
Regina Aloyce… Farmer Field Schools Changed Her Life
When Regina Aloyce first joined the Jikomboe Farmer Field School her crop…more -
Fruit Trees for a Secure Future
In the training that CPAR provided for the women in the village, Lidya learned about planting fruit trees, watering, pruning and marketing strategies, and now displays confidence in her future plans for generating income.
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Paying It Forward with Goats
“I like the way CPAR works in our village. Widows and other women from low-income households have an opportunity to participate and make the best use of opportunities to change the situations in our homes.” – Skolastica
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I Am The Answer!
Recently the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sent out a challenge called ‘Small Farmers are the Answer’. They invited people…
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Tomatoes: Improving lives in Tanzania
Whether you consider them a fruit or a vegetable, it cannot be contested that tomatoes are a great source of nutrients, and for Lucia and other Tanzanian farmers they are also a great source of income!
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