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Africa’s Smallholder Farmers Are Using Bright Ideas to Adapt to Climate Change – G20 Countries Should Fund Their Efforts

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago014 mins

Across most of Africa, rural communities grow their own food, relying on smallholder agriculture. But climate change is threatening this way of life. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and degraded soils are already shrinking harvests. This is pushing millions of smallholder farmers into deeper poverty. Yet some African farmers are embracing innovative, cost-effective and environmentally friendly…

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Africa: Landless and Locked Out – Young Farmers Struggle for a Future

eriinfo.com1 month ago07 mins

Agricultural land is more than just a resource to produce food – for many older adults around the world, a land deed is the only safety net they have as they enter their old age. As a result, they hold onto it tightly. However, this creates challenges by limiting land access for the next generation…

Pretty Kubyane, bridging tech and agriculture to empower Africa’s farmers

eriinfo.com2 months ago018 mins

Pretty Kubyane grew up surrounded by entrepreneurship — from her father’s car repair workshop to a wood-cutting business that trained local women and youth. Those early lessons in resilience and community impact stayed with her, even as she pursued a career in technology. Today, as co-founder and tech lead of the eFama App, Kubyane is…

Kirundi’s transformative agenda for tea farmers

eriinfo.com2 months ago07 mins

Chege Kirundi’s envisaged reforms at KTDA aim to deliver improved returns for the country’s 680,000 smallholder tea farmers. PHOTO/UGC. By FRED SOME [email protected] Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) chairman, Chege Kirundi, has outlined an ambitious strategic agenda aimed at repositioning the country’s tea industry as a globally competitive, sustainable, and farmer-centric enterprise. His reform plan…