Agroforestry in Amhara, Ethiopia – TheWaterChannel

Agroforestry is a new name for a set of long-standing practices. Farmers in Amhara have immense traditional knowledge and experience in tree management under different agroforestry systems and methods. They tend to deliberately grow trees on the same unit of land as...

Africa’s new harvest

The African continent is experiencing positive transformation across its agri communities. Not only large farming enterprises but also subsistence farmers are applying innovation, science and traditional knowledge to diversify their crops, build climate resilience and...

Using Indigenous Knowledge In Subsistence Farming

From time immemorial, communities in South Africa and the rest of Africa have always relied on indigenous farming knowledge to feed and for food security. This knowledge has proven to be effective over the years and is still as effective today as it was back then. A...

Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life

Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is showing that traditional knowledge, combined with the latest technology, can turn arid ground back into fertile soil....