Land mapping brings peace to smallholder farmers
A conflict about the ownership of land means a big struggle for small scaled farmers. Kizito Makoye gives us a good example …
Gabon will end massive imports of broilers
It’s told often on this weblog and I will tell it again: Small scaled farming employs many people. It brings food safety …
The Barsha pump: a revolutionairy innovation that makes water run uphill
Water is life. Motion is energy. This means: running water is life and energy. With this vision and some technical skills, a …
Eat insects, like they do in Africa
Prepare yourself for eating insects! The world population will increase up to 9.6 billion people by 2050, as you might know. There will …
Cities Need Small Farmers
Wealth is rising and African cities are mounting. Food is crucial for those flourishing cities and agriculture is the major contributor to …
Farming Africa welcomes Ghanaian agricultural journalists
Agricultural journalists are watchdogs, not only for freedom of speech, but also for another basic human right: being free from hunger. Both …
Kenyan agriculture dislocates residents
A proposal by the Kenyan agriculture ministry seeks to move people from their land to town estates in a bid to create …
Local seed slows down development
The poor quality of the seed at the local markets in Africa is an underestimated problem. It slows down farming and food …
Scholarship for congress Hidden Hunger
The second international congress ‘Hidden Hunger’ takes place in Stuttgart, Germany. Not a place with hidden hunger. People coming from regions which …
Organic is NOT only for the rich
In many places in the world, knowledge of pesticides is scarce, which makes it unhealthy and even dangerous. In those places, also …
Ethiopian plow wins $25.000
If you want to see how farmers ploughed their fields for about 1000 years ago, go to Ethiopia. There you can still …