1. Gladys Ndagile has been a poultry farmer for many years, but it was only when she connected with a local Ugandan egg processing business that she finally made a profit from her eggs. Connecting small scale farmers and businesses is at the heart of IFAD’s mandate to make food systems work. Uganda’...
  2. AccessAgriculture Training Video Por siglos los campesinos a nivel mundial han sido los guardianes de la semilla agrícola y han seleccionado variedades nuevas. Es difícil para los tomadores de decisiones reconocer el derecho ancestral de los agricultores de conservar y producir su semilla frente...
  3. This is a step-by-step guide to the promotion of fodder shrubs for smallholder dairy enterprises in East Africa. It is intended for both extension managers and field-based extensionists, in particular those who are startingto work with fodder shrubs for the first time. Ths book is divided into...
  4. Parthenium hysterophorus is a noxious weed which invades roadsides, is allergenic for humans, infests pastures and farmland, causing disastrous loss of yield, as reflected in common names such as famine weed. In many areas, heavy outbreaks affect livestock health, crop production, and human...
  5. With farmers all across East Africa planting maize during the rainy season, the Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND) disease is something to be aware of. The Disease which is a result of a combination of two viruses: the Maize Chlorotic Mottle Virus and any of the cereal viruses (Sugarcane Mosaic...
  6. Through the existing strong relationship between ECHO East Africa and Bothar Ireland, ECHO East Africa has been able to implement projects of distributing dairy goats in the districts of Karatu and Arumeru in Arusha and Morogoro in Southeast Tanzania. The objectives of this project are to assist...
  7. AccessAgriculture Training Video El objetivo principal es reducir costos y mejorar la rentabilidad. La salud del suelo se mejora igual que la humedad del suelo. Zambia es el líder en África subsahariana y este programa muestra cómo se practica la técnica. Idiomas disponibles Bambara Birmano...
  8. AccessAgriculture Training Video Las estacas de madera son el apoyo más fuerte para los frijoles trepadores y se pueden usar durante varias campañas, pero hay mucha demanda para los palos, en la construcción y para leña. Los agricultores en el sudoeste de Uganda nos muestran diferentes maneras de...
  9. AccessAgriculture Training Video Como individuos, los agricultores tienen falta de recursos para invertir, o para enseñarse de la Agricultura de Conservación. Este video muestra un grupo en Kenia que se ha juntado para compartir conocimiento y equipo y para ayudarse entre ellos. Idiomas...