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BBC Radio 4 appeal
Farmer and crossbench peer Minette Batters will present an appeal for Farm Africa on BBC Radio 4.
Tune into BBC Radio 4 at 7.54am and 9.25pm on Sunday 13 April and 3.27pm on Thursday 17 April 2025 to hear Minette Batters present an appeal for Farm Africa.
Minette will tell the story of Juliet Muthoni, a smallholder farmer from Embu in Kenya, where extreme weather and soil degradation have made it difficult for farmers to grow enough to feed their families, let alone sell.
Juliet is one of hundreds of lead farmers who have received training in environmentally friendly and climate-resilient farming practices from Farm Africa, focused on giving crops the best chance of thriving, even in drought conditions. The lead farmers share their skills with hundreds more farmers, creating a chain reaction of change.
With Farm Africa’s support, Juliet has been able to turn around fortunes not just on her own farm, but on the farms of hundreds of her neighbours, mainly other women.
"Juliet's creating a totally sustainable biological little farming business that is allowing her to produce food for herself and her family, but also allowing her to be profitable."
Baroness Minette Batters
Farm Africa ambassador and presenter of our Radio 4 appeal
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You can help more lead farmers like Juliet learn about environmentally friendly and climate-resilient ways, to farm and then share their expertise with others.
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could give training in regenerative agriculture to a lead farmer to share with others affected by the climate crisis.
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