A destructive pest is spreading in southern Africa, damaging the livelihoods of fruit growers. The invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is harming the crops of mango farmers from Mutoko, Zimbabwe. Every harvest season, Susan Zinoro, a mango farmer from Mutoko, … Continue reading Zimbabwean mango farmers tackle invasive fruit flies
These days, it feels like a challenge to find stories of unity and empowerment. So we feel very honored and proud to present our readers with these uplifting stories of three African women farmers who not only challenge the status … Continue reading Demanding Equality: Women farmers in Africa
A video sighted by myaimreport.com on social media captures a young boy said to be 21 years old who cannot speak, eats grass, and feels safer to live in the jungle with animals than living with humans. This young man … Continue reading Meet a 21-year-old Ellie who eats grass, can’t speak and feels safer living in the forest [Video]
The Nambola Livestock Programme is based in the lower Kafue sub-basin in Mazabuka District, Zambia, where the community’s livelihood is supported through smallholder crop production, cattle rearing and fisheries. The overall objective of this programme is to enhance climate resilience … Continue reading Zambia: Sustainable landscape management through livestock farming
Solidaridad is excited to get started on this new program with our partners at Hendrix Genetics, aimed at improving income and food security. With Africa’s animal protein market expected to expand in the coming years the importance of poultry and … Continue reading Solidaridad teams up with Hendrix Genetics for a Sustainable Poultry Program in Mozambique and Zambia
Hendrix Genetics and Solidaridad have partnered to provide sustainable poultry production in Mozambique and Zambia, Africa. Combining dual-purpose birds from the SASSO breed, Hendrix Genetics and the farming network infrastructure of Solidaridad, local African poultry smallholder farmers will have access … Continue reading Hendrix Genetics and Solidaridad partnership sees sustainable poultry introduced to smallholder farmers in Mozambique and Zambia
Fruit and vegetables are an important part of a balanced diet, delivering nutrients to our bodies that can reduce the risk for cancers, obesity, and heart attacks. Yet the production of these foods is often anything but balanced and many … Continue reading Decentralizing food systems: Solidaridad supports fruit and vegetable farmers to revitalize the sector in Zambia
Vegetable production, tomato production in particular, is an important source of income for many smallholder farmers in Zambia. It can provide them with gross margins that are much higher than maize, the dominant field crop. But these higher returns come … Continue reading Small efforts can protect farmers from pesticides – Insights from Zambia
Over the past 20 years sub-Saharan Africa has registered the highest rate of agricultural production in the world. There have been knock-on effects with the region also seeing the fastest growth in off-farm employment and non-farm labour productivity. There’s a … Continue reading African farmers are younger than you think; here is why – study
