African Farmers embark on 4 Day Journey to demand Investment in Ecological Farming: 30 smallholder farmers from Kiambu, Meru, Machakos and Makueni counties today, set off from Thika on a 4-day resilience journey that will see them engage county leaders and Kenyans on the ideal agricultural system that they envision for Kenya and the continent, exhibit produce, share knowledge … [Read more...] about African Farmers embark on 4 Day Journey to demand Investment in Ecological Farming
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244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation to justice
244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation to justice: Local communities affected by this large-scale palm oil plantation have taken their case to the Court of First Instance in Bangem, south-west Cameroon, with the first hearing set for 9 November. Greenpeace Africa (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/en), who documented the abuse made by the company for the last seven … [Read more...] about 244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation to justice
SA News: Ethiopia soil map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight
Ethiopia soil map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight: This year, large parts of eastern and southern Africa - including Ethiopia, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa - were hit by a strong El Niño climate pattern, said Mamo of EthioSIS. The El Niño, which fizzled out around May, brought drought to ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Wallabies team … [Read more...] about SA News: Ethiopia soil map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight
SA News: Crickets, birds, weather data combine to guide African farmers
Crickets, birds, weather data combine to guide African farmers: CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was in Mbeere, in rural Kenya, where Muthoni Masinde began to pick up on nature's way of signposting shifting weather patterns, as she helped her mother farm their land. She learned that if thick ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Manav, Ananth, … [Read more...] about SA News: Crickets, birds, weather data combine to guide African farmers
Why boosting legume production will lift the gloom for African farmers | The Conversation
Why boosting legume production will lift the gloom for African farmers: A farm employee walks through a soya bean field in northern Uganda. Reuters/James AkenaAfrica has the lowest use of nitrogen on its farmland compared to other regions of the world. This is because smallholder farmers have limited financial resources to buy fertilisers. Nitrogen is one of the most essential … [Read more...] about Why boosting legume production will lift the gloom for African farmers | The Conversation
