In Ethiopia, growing wheat can be a discouraging business, with average yields reaching just 20% of estimated potential.
So we've joined forces with smallholder farmers in Oromia to find solutions.
Find out how it’s going in our collection of impact stories: www.farmafrica.org/publication/...
Don’t miss Farm Africa’s photo exhibition at The London Coffee Festival.
Captured by Ugandan photographer Jjumba Martin, the exhibition highlights how training in climate-smart coffee farming is helping female farmers in Kanungu, western Uganda.
www.londoncoffeefestival.com/journal-1/lo...
Happy International Women’s Day!
This International Women’s Day, we’re proud to celebrate the determination, innovation and leadership of female farmers.
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#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #IYWF2026
#InternationalWomensDay is an opportunity to spotlight incredible farmers like Betty who are transforming their communities. With support from Farm Africa, Betty invested in livestock and can now send her children to school.
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#IWD2026
This International Women’s Day, we celebrate women like Damaris, who, with support from Farm Africa, transformed her livelihood through sorghum farming. She increased her profits, built a home and supported her children’s education.
www.farmafrica.org/story/intern...
#IWD2026
We’re pleased to share a collection of impact stories from Farm Africa and the Mastercard Foundation’s Youth in Sustainable #Aquaculture programme in Kenya.
You’ll read inspiring accounts about creating youth jobs that benefit people and planet.
www.farmafrica.org/publication/... #fishfarming
Today we’re celebrating Ethiopia’s Anywaa Biosphere Reserve: 1.8 million hectares of wild spaces that support vast populations of wildlife and 187,000 people too.
The reserve’s management approach has earned UNESCO recognition as a living example of people and nature thriving together. #WWD2026
Meet Bertha, the talented Communications Officer at Farm Africa based in Nairobi!
Since joining Farm Africa, she’s been on the ground across eastern Africa, capturing the powerful stories of farmers transforming their lives through sustainable agriculture.
www.farmafrica.org/story/staff-...
We’re delighted to be the official charity partner of The London Coffee Festival 2026, happening 14–17 May at The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London!
www.londoncoffeefestival.com/whats-on/far...
#TheLondonCoffeeFestival #FarmAfrica
The latest edition of our newsletter, From the Field - Spring / Summer 2026, is here!
Join us in celebrating the incredible impact that sustainable agriculture can have on families and communities across eastern Africa.
www.farmafrica.org/support-us/f...
#SustainableAgriculture #FarmAfrica
In Tanzania, Farm Africa is working with SNV to help smallholder farmers set up kitchen gardens where they grow vegetables that boost their nutrition, food security and incomes. 🥗🍅🥕🫑🥒🌱💚
Farm Africa is partnering with @giz.de to support 50 Farmer Organisations in the Acholi and Lango sub-regions of Northern Uganda.
We’re helping Farmer Organisations improve their governance capacities and access to finance, as well as much more.
www.farmafrica.org/programme/pr...
It was fantastic to welcome Zensho holdings, Co Ltd Fair Trade Department representatives to the Ilu Aba Bor #Forest in #Ethiopia. 🌳🌳🌳
They met the local farmers, supported by Farm Africa, who work hard to produce the high-quality forest-friendly #coffee that Zensho imports to Japan. ☕️
It's #PancakeDay! How do you like yours?
‘Previously, women from this area relied on their husbands. Since learning about #regenerativeagriculture, they are able to increase their yields. Now they are able to sustain their families by themselves.’
Kenyan farmer Juliet took part in a Farm Africa project in Embu, funded by AGRA.
🏠is where the ❤️is #ValentinesDay
On #WorldRadioDay huge thanks to everyone who donated to our BBC Radio 4 appeal last year, presented by Minette Batters.📻
Minette told the story of Kenyan farmer Juliet, who has boosted the health of the soil, and her profits, using mulch, goat manure and compost.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
With support from Farm Africa and the Swedish Embassy in Ethiopia, city dwellers in Addis Ababa are nurturing fruit trees, planting crops, keeping poultry and producing record-sized mushrooms!
#UrbanAgriculture #NatureBasedSolutions #Ethiopia
Happy World Pulses Day!
Pulses like these iron-rich beans, are packed with nutrition, improve household incomes, and are kinder to the environment.
#WorldPulsesDay #LovePulses
“Having fresh vegetables has contributed to nutrition in the home. It has removed hunger.” - Ben Lokut, a farmer in eastern Uganda using a micro-irrigation system introduced with support from Farm Africa.
www.farmafrica.org/programme/ca...
#FarmAfrica #microirrigation #uganda
A great day in the field seeing first-hand how farmers are putting new practices into action.
The work is part of the NOURISH project, funded by Norad and led by SNV, and the Income Diversity Climate Smart Agroforestry project, funded by MEDICOR, both implemented in partnership with Farm Africa.
What happens when local people lead forest management? Deforestation drops by 35%. Incomes rise by 79%.
In her latest blog, Shewit Emmanuel, Farm Africa’s Country Director for Ethiopia, unpacks the power of participatory forest management. 🔗 in💬
www.farmafrica.org/expert-view/...
A member of the Danabo Youth Group in Kilifi Kenya, holds up a crab while standing in front of mangroves.
“When we protect mangroves, we are also protecting the habitat where crabs live.”
Working with Farm Africa and the Mastercard Foundation, the Dabaso Youth for Green Future group in coastal Kenya restores mangroves to help both the marine ecoystem and their crab business thrive. #WorldWetlandsDay
Farm Africa’s Enhancing Resilient Food Systems project, funded by AGRA, is helping maize and bean farmers reduce crop losses, improve food quality and boost their incomes - all while adapting to a changing climate.
www.farmafrica.org/programme/en...
#SmallholderFarmers #FoodSecurity #Uganda
2026 is officially the year of the cabbage, according to Vogue.
At Farm Africa, we’re proud to support farmers to grow crops like cabbage - that are good for people and can also help farming families build sustainable livelihoods.
Here’s to the #YearOfTheCabbage.
#cabbages #farmafrica #kenya
On #InternationalDanceDay we celebrate some joyous moves by women celebrating taking part in a Farm Africa project in Karamoja, Uganda.
Farm Africa works with farmers in eastern Africa to improve the quality, quantity and value of food production, strengthen incomes and build sustainable, climate-resilient livelihoods.
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#FarmAfrica
On #InternationalDayOfCleanEnergy, we’re celebrating our Powerfarm project in Tanzania: an off-grid system combining power from solar, wind and farm waste to enable farm communities to power e-transport vehicles and post-harvest machinery.
Learn more here:
www.farmafrica.org/programme/po...
Opportunity starts with education.
This #InternationalDayOfEducation, we’re proud to support farming families to build resilient livelihoods and strong educational foundations.
Iron-rich beans are one of the crops promoted to farmers by Farm Africa in Karamoja, Uganda.
As well as being tasty and packed with nutritional goodness, they're better for the planet than traditional varieties of beans as they don't need to be cooked for so long, meaning less firewood is used.
