Good Agricultural Practices

In early 2021, Kajal Suved Shaikh, a small-scale dairy farmer from Bibi village in the Satara district of Maharashtra, India, was not quite sure where her business was headed. Though she had been farming for some time, she lacked the necessary skills to improve her farm and build her business. The Trust Dairy Project from Solidaridad Asia provided her – and over one thousand other dairy farmers – with the knowledge and digital tools to improve their practices.

Timely access to reliable information on weather patterns and climate-smart practices can be a game changer for smallholder farmers, especially as more frequent and extreme weather events take a toll. Solidaridad in West Africa is using radio to directly reach rural communities with advice and support to adapt their practices.

In Ayisikrom, a community in Ghana where patriarchal traditions are entrenched, a gradual transformation is underway. Thirty-nine-year-old Mavis Baidoo, a mother of four and a cocoa farmer, has defied societal norms to become a trailblazer for women who are embracing social change.