ACDI/VOCA Experts Share Best Practices to Combat Fall Armyworm
ACDI/VOCA hosted a webinar last month about fall armyworm and its impact on crops throughout Africa. The invasive species, native …
Inspiring Youth in Tanzania to Transform Farming Practices for Themselves & Their Communities
The agriculture sector in Tanzania faces several challenges, including a lack of high-quality inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers, and …
Feed the Future Activity in Tanzania Engages Youth in Fight Against Fall Armyworm
Despite Tanzanian youth making up most of the country’s labor force, they are burdened with unemployment and struggle to access …
Remarkable Progress, But 820 Million Still Hungry
In the last four decades, the world has gotten incredibly better at addressing food insecurity. Roughly 40 years ago, my …
ACDI/VOCA Experts to Share Lessons on Fall Armyworm During July 24 Webinar
Fall Armyworm has spread rapidly across Africa over the past several years, threatening crops that provide food security from Senegal …
NAFAKA Project Brings New Fertilizer Technology to Zanzibar Rice Farmers
Using fertilizer continues to be one of the best ways to improve crop yields for smallholder farmers. Higher yields mean …
Producer Organizations Unleash Productivity with NAFAKA II Project
Moses Msafiri, 35, is a farmer and father of two from the village of Chisano in the Kilombero District of …
Co-ops’ Commitment to People and Communities
MAVUNO Farmers Cooperative members learn about soil health When you think of a cooperative, or a co-owned enterprise run by …
Put Your Feet (Not Your Head) in the Sand
I sat in a beach chair at dawn, watching the sun rise over the Indian Ocean. Our organization was holding …
Feasibility of Up-scaling the EasyDry M500 in East Africa: Tanzania
This report summarize the feasibility of up scaling the EasyDryM500 in Tanzania. Present findings related to manufacturing model (informal or …