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Building FTCs capacity through the Pro-environment Market-oriented Agriculture Promotion Project
SAA-Ethiopia is implementing the Pro-environment Market-oriented Agriculture Promotion Project (PREMAP) in Berakat Kebele, North Mecha district of Amhara region, and Turge Galo Kebele, Negele Arsi district of Oromia region, with funding from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
Farmers embraces reduced tillage for minimal soil disturbance
In conventional agriculture, soil tillage is considered an important practice to create favorable soil structure to increase water infiltration and retention, while too much soil tillage could cause soil compaction and increases erosion and thus degrades soil quality. Frequent tillage also requires time, labor and equipment.
SAA Conducts Pre-season Training in Nigeria
SAA Nigeria has conducted the pre-season training of trainers in Nasarawa, Gombe, Jigawa, and Kano states to prepare frontline staff and extension agents for the 2023 cropping season. The training encompassed SAA’s strategic pillars: regenerative, nutrition-sensitive and market-oriented agriculture. A total of 123 (28 female) participants consisting of state and zonal coordinators, extension agents, community-based facilitators, commodity association trainers/traders, and the head of women in a...
SAA builds the capacity of farmer groups engaging in Biochar and Bokashi production in Nigeria
SAA-Nigeria has started capacity-building activities of two farmer groups in Nasarawa (the North Central region) under the “Project for Revitalization of Rice Cooperatives and Decarbonization of Rice Production and Processing (Climate Solutions Technologies Initiative)” funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Japan.
Empowering people with disabilities
In Nigeria and several other African countries, many People with Disabilities (PwDs) are resource-constrained, with some resort to begging for alms on the streets. In 2018, SAA-Nigeria initiated a program to empower PwDs, in the Tudun Wada community of Kano state, northwest Nigeria.
New technology helps farmers improve onion shelf life
Due to postharvest losses, related to gaps in the proper storage of produce, Nigeria loses as much as 50 percent of its onion harvests.
Improving livelihoods through rice value chain investments
With the large volume of paddy produced in Kano state, SAA-Nigeria is enriching the lives of small-scale processors, by building the capacity of rice value chain actors.
[Publication] The 2022 edition of Voices from the Field released
SAA has released the 2022 edition of Voices from the Field.
SAA-Nigeria Commences Starter Packs Distribution in Kano
Along with its Regenerative Agriculture (RA) pillar, SAA-Nigeria has commenced the distribution of dry season farm inputs starter packages for host farmers.
Facilitating access to agricultural credit for women in Mali
The Siranikoto Production Post Harvest and Trade Center (PHTC), supported by SAA-Mali, has 41 groups of Community Savings for Investment in Agriculture (CSIA). Each group constitutes an average of 20 members and the groups saved 4,773,400 FCFA (USD7,343) in 2022.
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Success stories
Voices from the Field Special Edition 2022
This is a special edition of the "Voices from the Field" articles.
