African Farmers need ‘Farmers Today’
Dutch agriculture differs much from African agriculture. The costly highly technologized agricultural system may seem too different for many small scaled African …
Kenya has two poultry markets
There’s a peculiar predicament within the Kenyan poultry sector. The most popular bird is the traditional Kienjeji chicken. However, only the less …
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 …
How to Grow Wetland Crops Upland
Wetland crops like arrowroots don’t really need wetlands. With a little help, they can easily grow upland.
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 …
The fruitful future of artificial insemination in Tanzania
Changa moto. It’s Yvonne Robben who brings up this Swahili expression. For Farming Africa she wrote this story about the challenges in …
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 …
Best farmers of Uganda and Netherlands exchange passion
Farming is about passion. That’s the drive of those ten farmers from Uganda and that’s what brought them to the Netherlands. One …
‘Farmers around the world, don’t squander your market power!’
Diligently Pieter Wijnen told to an international audience about the Dutch horticulture in general and his own pepper nursery in particular. In …
Cool Farmer from ‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ in Tanzania
On West Kilimanjaro Tanzania, there lives a cool Dutch farmer. The tv showed his romances in ‘Farmer wants a wife’. Farming Africa visited him …