Archives: Stories
Smallholder oil palm farmers improve their livelihood in Nigeria
Nigeria is the fifth-largest producer of palm oil globally with less than two per cent of total global market production.…
28 July 2020
Agricultural services for farmers — youth to the rescue
Under the Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme, Osei Kwame is changing the game for cocoa farmers in the Brong Ahafo…
21 July 2020
NI-SCOPS Webinar on Indonesia
Learn about the innovative Palm Oil solutions offered by the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate Smart Oil Palm Smallholders, or…
13 July 2020
Women take up business and leadership positions in Golden Line community in Tanzania
A group of women in the mining community Mgusu in Tanzania have joined forces and set up a business together…
02 July 2020
Bottom Up! Ethiopia Webinars
Is Ethiopia the ‘new textile and garment hub’? Find out by tuning in to the Bottom Up! Ethiopia Webinars
13 May 2020
Changing gender roles in cocoa-growing communities in Sierra Leone
Musu Boima is proud to be a role model for greater gender equity in her household following her family’s participation…
12 May 2020
Interview with Rose Baalaboore on COVID-19 outreach activities in Golden Line communities in Ghana
We have reached out to Rose Baalaboore (staff member of Simavi’s partner HFFG), who has been leading COVID-19 outreach activities…
01 May 2020
How access to credit is changing lives
Access to credit and financial management skills benefit smallholder farmers not only in their business operations, but in personal life…
23 April 2020
Investing in a sustainable dairy industry in Tanzania
Tanzania’s dairy market has enormous growth potential. Dairy 2025 is a pilot programme helping dairy farmers in the Tanga region adopt…
30 March 2020
Enterprising women thrive in soy farming
Josina Nikwaniya is a lead farmer in our gender-inclusive programme encouraging smallholders to grow soy. After starting with a tiny demo plot in 2018,…
08 January 2020
