Farm Africa

Farm Africa

Solar-powered irrigation transforms farming for Alex
Solar-powered irrigation transforms farming for Alex
Prolonged droughts are making it tough for smallholder farmers in Uganda to make a living. But with support from Farm Africa and AGRA, Alex from the Kamuli District is able to earn a decent income ...
Meet Felista Nyakio, an agripreneur leading change in her community
Meet Felista Nyakio, an agripreneur leading change in her community
“The main reasons I do farming are one, I feed my family. Two, agriculture is business: I make money out of it. Three, I create employment.” As a Village-based Advisor working with Farm Africa and ...
Meet Ugandan farmer, Judith Aumah #eastafrica #farming
Meet Ugandan farmer, Judith Aumah #eastafrica #farming
In Muhooma, Kamuli District in eastern Uganda, Judith Aumah is using farming to support her family and help other women build more secure livelihoods – showing how farming can provide a living with...
How Judith is farming a more secure future
How Judith is farming a more secure future
In Muhooma, Kamuli District in eastern Uganda, Judith Aumah is using farming to support her family and help other women build more secure livelihoods – showing how farming can provide a living with...
Meet Felista, a Kenyan agripreneur leading change in her community
Meet Felista, a Kenyan agripreneur leading change in her community
“The main reasons I do farming are one, I feed my family. Two, agriculture is business: I make money out of it. Three, I create employment.” As a Village-based Advisor working with Farm Africa and ...
Farming shouldn't cost the Earth
Farming shouldn't cost the Earth
Farming should feed people sustainably and renew the natural world, provide a proper living for farmers in eastern Africa, combat climate change and give women power to overcome inequality and prej...
Launch of the Power Farm project in Tanzania
Launch of the Power Farm project in Tanzania
We are thrilled that the Powerfarm project in Tanzania is now fully up and running. ⚡🔌 The Powerfarm is a clean, multi-energy pilot initiative that integrates solar, wind and anaerobic digestion te..
Creating market linkages for agricultural products in Amhara
Creating market linkages for agricultural products in Amhara
With simple initiatives like constructing shelters in marketplaces to protect produce from harsh weather conditions, to more complex ones, such as creating an app to enable farmers to compare mark...
Project Powerfarm | Clean energy in rural Tanzania
Project Powerfarm | Clean energy in rural Tanzania
Expensive and unreliable electricity is holding farmers back in rural Tanzania, but a new solution is changing that. The Powerfarm project is a 12-month clean-energy initiative in Morogoro, Tanzani...
Farm Africa
140d ago
Patience Ninsiima's story
Patience Ninsiima's story
Patience Ninsiima, a coffee farmer from Kanungu, Uganda, is running a growing coffee farm business and helping lead change in her community.
Farm Africa
140d ago
Hildah Turyamusiima's story
Hildah Turyamusiima's story
Hildah Turyamusiima is transforming lives in Uganda’s Kanungu District by empowering women and young people through coffee farming.
Farm Africa
140d ago
Grace Arineitwe's story
Grace Arineitwe's story
Grace Arineitwe, coffee farmer and cooperative chairperson, is increasing her income by improving coffee quality in Kanungu, Uganda.
Farm Africa
155d ago
Why Farm Africa?
Why Farm Africa?
Farm Africa is a leading charity working with farmers in eastern Africa to improve the quality, quantity and value of food production, strengthen incomes and build sustainable, climate-resilient li...
Farm Africa
201d ago
Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025
Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025
Chef and Farm Africa ambassador Tom Booton shares the news that until 9 December, donations to Farm Africa's Big Give Christmas Challenge campaign will be doubled. Don't miss your change to double ...
Farm Africa
254d ago
Five ways this community in Uganda improved their #nutrition
Five ways this community in Uganda improved their #nutrition
To mark World Food Day 2025, Chef and Farm Africa ambassador Tom Booton explains five ways a community in Karamoja, Uganda improved their nutrition with support from Farm Africa. Find out more: htt...
Farm Africa
257d ago
Solar irrigation transforms lives in Uganda
Solar irrigation transforms lives in Uganda
Peter Aguma relates how a solar-powered micro-irrigation system funded by the Eurofins Foundation is helping a village in Karamoja, Uganda grow vegetables year-round, feed their families better and...
Farm Africa
257d ago
Ethiopia’s Anywaa Biosphere Reserve, a member of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves
Ethiopia’s Anywaa Biosphere Reserve, a member of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves
This video showcases the beauty of the Anywaa Biosphere Reserve located in Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia. On 27 September 2025 the reserve was inscribed by UNESCO as a member of its World Netwo...
Farm Africa
347d ago
Farm Africa's 40th anniversary
Farm Africa's 40th anniversary
The year 2025 marks a significant milestone for Farm Africa, as the organisation celebrates 40 years of impact. Find out more: https://www.farmafrica.org/40years
Farm Africa
347d ago
Minette Batters records BBC Radio 4 appeal for Farm Africa
Minette Batters records BBC Radio 4 appeal for Farm Africa
Farmer and Farm Africa ambassador, Baroness Minette Batters, has recorded the BBC Radio 4 appeal for Farm Africa, which will air on Sunday 13 April. https://www.farmafrica.org/radio4appeal
Farm Africa
347d ago
Minette Batters presents Farm Africa's BBC Radio 4 appeal #farming #africa #shorts
Minette Batters presents Farm Africa's BBC Radio 4 appeal #farming #africa #shorts
Farmer, former NFU President and crossbench peer Minette Batters will present an appeal for Farm Africa on BBC Radio 4. The appeal will be broadcast on Sunday 13 April 2025 at 7.54am and 9.25pm and...